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New initiatives

發佈時間: 2018/10/12

New initiatives

林鄭月娥任內的第二份施政報告出爐,提出250項新措施(new initiatives)。當中法定產假即時由10周增加至14周,媽媽終於可以有更多時間陪伴和照顧初生嬰兒。

名詞initiative有兩個意思。上文提到的initiative,解「新措施、倡議」,指解決困難或改善情況的策略或計劃,是可數名詞(countable noun)。常用句式an initiative to do something,帶出新措施的目標。例句︰The Policy Address introduced a new initiative to allocate more land for public housing development.(施政報告提出一項新措施,分配更多土地予公共房屋發展。)The school announced an initiative to combat bullying.(學校宣布了打擊欺凌行為的新措施。)

Initiative還可以解「主動性」,能夠憑自己的判斷力來作出決定和做事,而不需要別人告知做甚麼,是不可數名詞(uncountable noun)。例如,He showed a lot of initiative, and was very dedicated to completing the traineeship.(他非常主動,並且致力完成實習計劃。)I appreciate that he always takes the initiative to find and solve problems.(我很欣賞他總是主動尋找和解決問題。)

(本欄逢周一、三、五刊登)

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