剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - initiative collapse

initiative
[UK]/ɪ'nɪʃ.ə.tɪv/ [US]/-tˌɪv/
noun
NEW ACTION 新措施
I [C]
* a new action or movement, often intended to solve a problem
倡议；新措施

1. The peace initiative was welcomed by both sides.
和平倡议受到了双方的欢迎。

[UK]/ɪ'nɪʃ.ə.tɪv/ [US]/-tˌɪv/
noun
JUDGMENT 判断
[U]
* the ability to use your judgment to make decisions and do things without needing to be told what to do
主动性；自主决断行事的能力

1. Although she was quite young, she showed a lot of initiative and was promoted to manager after a year.
她虽然很年轻，但工作积极主动，一年后就获提拔为经理。

2. I shouldn't always have to tell you what to do, use your initiative (= use your own judgment to decide what to do) !
不能总让我告诉你该做甚么，你应该有自己的判断！

on your own initiative
* If you do something on your own initiative, you plan it and decide to do it yourself without anyone telling you what to do.
主动地

[UK]/ɪ'nɪʃ.ə.tɪv/ [US]/-tˌɪv/
noun
ADVANTAGE 优势
the initiative [S]
* the power or opportunity to win an advantage
主动权

1. to seize/take/lose the initiative
掌握／采取／失去主动权

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - initiative collapse

initiative ★★★☆☆
1.N-COUNT 可数名词积极的行动;倡议 An initiative is an important act or statement that is intended to solve a problem.

【搭配模式】：usu with supp

  • Government initiatives to help young people have been inadequate...

    政府在积极帮助年轻人方面做得还不够。

  • There's talk of a new peace initiative.

    传闻有可能提出新的和平倡议。

2.N-SING 单数名词主动权 In a fight or contest, if you have the initiative, you are in a better position than your opponents to decide what to do next.

【搭配模式】：the N

  • We have the initiative; we intend to keep it...

    我们拥有主动权;我们不打算放弃它。

  • He paused enough to consider the options but never so long as to lose the initiative.

    他停顿了一会儿权衡自己有哪些选项,但并没有久到丧失主动权。

3.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词主动性;积极性;进取心 If you have initiative, you have the ability to decide what to do next and to do it, without needing other people to tell you what to do.

  • She was disappointed by his lack of initiative.

    她对他缺少进取心感到失望。

  • ...workers who are able to sort out problems on their own initiative.

    能主动解决问题的工人

4.PHRASE 短语采取主动;首先采取行动 If you take the initiative in a situation, you are the first person to act, and are therefore able to control the situation.

【搭配模式】：V inflects

  • We must take the initiative in the struggle to end the war...

    为尽早结束战争,我们必须抢先行动。

  • She knew she had to take the initiative and maintain an aggressive game throughout.

    她知道自己必须采取主动，并且始终保持咄咄逼人的态势。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - initiative collapse

☞ initiative
ini·tia·tive / i5niFEtiv / noun1. [C] a new plan for dealing with a particular problem or for achieving a particular purpose
   倡议；新方案:
   a United Nations peace initiative
   联合国的和平倡议
   a government initiative to combat unemployment
   政府应付失业问题的新方案
2. [U] the ability to decide and act on your own without waiting for sb to tell you what to do
   主动性；积极性；自发性:
   You won't get much help. You'll have to use your initiative.
   你不会得到多少帮助的。你得自己想办法。
   She did it on her own initiative (= without anyone telling her to do it).
   她是主动这么做的。
3. the initiative [sing.] the power or opportunity to act and gain an advantage before other people do
   掌握有利条件的能力(或机会)；主动权:
   to seize / lose the initiative
   掌握/丧失先机
   It was up to the US to take the initiative in repairing relations.
   在修复关系方面应由美国采取主动。
4. [C] (NAmE, law 律) (in some states of the US) a process by which ordinary people can suggest a new law by signing a petition
   (美国某些州的)公民立法提案程序

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - initiative collapse

initiative noun

1. new plan

• ADJECTIVE fresh, new fresh ~s to find a peaceful end to the conflict | innovative, pioneering pioneering ~s in bioengineering | current, latest, recent | proposed | ongoing | important, major | welcome | successful | practical | bold, exciting | private | collaborative, cooperative, joint | grass-roots | global, international, local, national, regional, statewide (AmE) federal (AmE), government, presidential (AmE) strategic | business, e-business, e-commerce, marketing | diplomatic, economic, legislative, peace, policy, political | safety, training | development, research | education, educational, health | conservation, environmental | faith-based (esp. AmE) | community-based (esp. AmE) | outreach | reform | ballot (AmE)

• … OF INITIATIVES range, series

• VERB + INITIATIVE undertake The research ~ is being undertaken by a group of environmentalists. | plan | develop | announce, unveil | create, implement, introduce, launch, set up, start The government has launched a new policy ~. | be involved in Ten schools have been involved in the ~. | become involved in, get involved in | pursue | expand | lead, spearhead | approve, pass | oppose | defeat, reject The peace ~ was rejected out of hand. | fund, sponsor a peace ~ sponsored by the Organization of African Unity | back, endorse, support The committee endorsed an ~ by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. | promote, push | welcome We welcome the government's ~ to help the homeless. | encourage

• INITIATIVE + VERB be aimed at sth, be designed to a local ~ aimed at economic regeneration | an ~ designed to promote collaborative research | seek to do sth | focus on sth | include sth, involve sth, relate to sth | fail, founder The ~ foundered because there was no market interest in redevelopment.

• PREPOSITION ~ against a new ~ against car theft | ~ by the latest ~ by the UN Secretary General | ~ for an ~ for peace and human rights | ~ on the government's major new ~ on crime

2. ability to decide/act independently

• ADJECTIVE great, real | individual, personal, private It is a very hierarchical company and there's little place for individual ~.

• VERB + INITIATIVE have He had the ~ to ask what time the last train left. | display, show | act on your own, use, work on your own He acted on his own ~ and wasn't following orders. | Don't ask me what you should do all the time. Use your ~! | encourage, promote | stifle Raising taxes on small businesses will stifle ~.

• PREPOSITION on sb's ~ The project was set up on the ~ of a local landowner. | ~ in Some scientists show little ~ in applying their knowledge.

• PHRASES a lack of ~, on your own ~ In an unprecedented action, the army, on its own ~, arrested seven civilians.

3. the initiative opportunity to gain an advantage

• VERB + THE INITIATIVE have, hold After their latest setback, the rebel forces no longer hold the ~. | gain, seize, take | maintain, retain | regain She then regained the ~ in winning the third game. | lose

• THE INITIATIVE + VERB come from sb/sth, lie with sb The ~ to reopen negotiations came from Moscow.

• PREPOSITION ~ in She took the ~ in asking the board to conduct an enquiry.

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - initiative collapse

initiative
 see on one's own account; take the initiative.

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - initiative collapse

initiative noun
⇨ plan 1

新牛津英语同义词词典 - initiative collapse

initiative

noun
1 interviewers are looking for enthusiasm and initiative
ENTERPRISE , inventiveness, resourcefulness, capability; imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, originality, creativity; drive, dynamism, ambition, ambitiousness, motivation, spirit, verve, dash, energy, vitality, vigour, leadership, vision; informal get-up-and-go, zing, push, pep, zip, punch, pizzazz.
-opposite(s): UNIMAGINATIVENESS.

2 he had lost the initiative
ADVANTAGE , upper hand, edge, lead, whip hand, trump card; first step, first move, first blow, opening move, opening gambit, gambit; beginning, start, commencement.

3 a recent initiative on recycling
PLAN , scheme, strategy, stratagem, measure, technique, proposal, step, action, act, manoeuvre, gambit; approach, tack, tactic; French démarche.

词源记忆 - initiative collapse

initiative 倡议，主动性
来自initiate, 开始，启动。引申词义倡议，主动性。