initiative

中文来自 ECDICT

n.: 主动行动，首创精神，主动权
adj.: 自发的，起始的

构词拆分

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-ive后缀

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

演变路径（由近及远）

英语
源自 ←法语 initiative
源自 ←中世纪拉丁语 *initiativus “serving to initiate”
源自 ←晚期拉丁语 initio “to begin, to initiate”
源自 ←拉丁语 initium “beginning”

词源说明

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.

释义（英文）

形容词 Adjective

(archaic) Serving to initiate.
(US) In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.

名词 Noun

A beginning; a first move.
A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
The ability to act first or on one's own.
(politics

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