initiative

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n. 主动行动, 首创精神, 主动权 a. 自发的, 起始的

发音

US /ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/

词形变化

initiatives 复数 initiatives

教材释义与例句

名词

主动权；首创精神

形容词

主动的；自发的；起始的

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A beginning; a first move.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The ability to act first or on one's own.

    主动权

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.

    可数 不可数 政治
adj.
  1. 1.

    Serving to initiate.

    古体
  2. 2.

    In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.

    美国

    The second row shows that initiative states fill more constitutional offices by election than noninitiative states, and the difference is statistically significant after controlling for region and population.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

opening enterprise go-ahead enterprisingness opening move

上位词 4

start drive beginning commencement

下位词 2

curtain-raiser first base
形容词

同义词 4

first maiden inaugural initiatory

近义相关 1

opening

相关短语

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词源

From French initiative, from Medieval Latin *initiativus (“serving to initiate”), from Late Latin initiare (“to begin, to initiate”), from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineo (“enter, begin”). By surface analysis, initiate + -ive.

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