被推出來的那件事
把「先動的那一步」變成一個可以命名的東西：那一步發展成一個計畫、一項行動，於是這個字從人的特質變成一件具體的事。
new plan or program · noun · C1
An important new plan or action that is started to solve a problem or reach a goal.
新計畫 / 倡議
核心畫面
One way to picture initiative: the first move. Nobody has told you to act, nobody has started yet — and you go. Every use of the word sits on that first move: the quality of the person who makes it, the plan that move becomes, and the advantage of having moved before the other side did.
可以想成 initiative 的畫面比較像「先動的那一步」：沒有人叫你做，也還沒有人開始，你就走了出去。這個字所有…更多收起
可以想成 initiative 的畫面比較像「先動的那一步」：沒有人叫你做，也還沒有人開始，你就走了出去。這個字所有的用法都站在那一步上——會這樣做的人的特質、那一步變成的計畫，以及因為先動了而拿到的優勢。From the picture
Also in this word
ability to act on one's own · noun · C1
The ability to decide what to do and start doing it yourself, without waiting for someone to tell you.
主動 / 主動性
control of what happens next · noun · C1
The power to control what happens next in a situation and decide the next move.
主導權 / 先機
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
initiativeadj/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/
- 1
archaicServing to initiate.
- As for Apollos he was skillfull in the Scriptures, and mightily confuted the Iewes by them, he had more then this initiative wisedome, and knew better the difference betweene the baptisme of Christ, and of Iohn, then it seemeth this Iesuite doth.
- suspected! that indefinite word, which was tortured into every meaning of injustice and oppression, and became what the French call the mot de ralliement, the initiative term of captivity and death
- 2
In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
- 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.
initiativenoun/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/
- 1
A beginning; a first move.
- Pastor Moses says the initiative was born of pragmatism, compassion toward all Sri Lankans, and a desire to model the same generosity he experienced as a young person. […] Not only are all religions welcome at the Voice Community Kitchen, but experts also say such initiatives could be key to improving ethnoreligious engagement and lead to better conflict mediation in the future.
- 2
A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
- 3
The ability to act first or on one's own.
- The theoretical source, or rather justification, of that machine was Lenin's conviction that the party, by virtue of its scientific knowledge of society, is the one legitimate source of political initiative.
- 4
governmentpoliticsAn issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。