proactive

大学 FREQ #28269

a. 〈心理〉前摄的

发音

UK /pɹəʊˈæk.tɪv/
US /pɹoʊˈæk.tɪv/

词形变化

more proactive 比较级 most proactive 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

前摄的（前一活动中的因素对后一活动造成影响的）；有前瞻性的，先行一步的；积极主动的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty.

    积极

    主动

    We can deal with each problem as it pops up, or we can take a proactive stance and try to prevent future problems.

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 1

retroactive

近义相关 1

active

词源

From pro- + active; originally coined 1933 by Paul Whiteley and Gerald Blankfort in a psychology paper, used in technical sense. Used in a popular context and sense (courage, perseverance) in 1946 book Man’s Search for Meaning by neuropsychiatrist Viktor Emil Frankl, in the context of dealing with the Holocaust, as contrast with reactive.

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