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on your own initiative phrase If you do something on your own initiative, you plan it and decide to do it yourself without anyone telling you what to do: 主动地 Some states acted under threat of litigation, and others on their own initiative. Some students, on their own initiative, have started a series of discussions on race. A week later he went humbly, and on his own initiative, to apologize to Marcia. Acting on her own initiative, she arranged for a firm of cleaners to come to the house. To be successful in this job, you have to be capable of working on your own initiative. See also
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