单词 | initiative |
释义 | initiative initiative // noun
1 [C] a new plan for dealing with a particular problem or for achieving a particular purpose: In a new initiative, the company is targeting local advertisers. The CEO announced a series of cost-cutting initiatives. The company launched its own e-commerce initiative in November.
2 the initiative [sing.] the power or opportunity to act and gain an advantage before other people do: Several leading companies took the initiative to establish an independent business school. to seize/lose the initiative New companies will emerge and steal the initiative from the older airlines.
3 [U] the ability to decide and act on your own without waiting for sb to tell you what to do: I encourage my employees to use their judgement and initiative right from the start. |
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