Government initiatives to help young people have been inadequate.

政府在積極幫助年輕人方面做得還不夠。

There's talk of a new peace initiative.

傳聞有可能提出新的和平倡議。

We have the initiative; we intend to keep it.

我們擁有主動權;我們不打算放棄它。

He paused enough to consider the options but never so long as to lose the initiative.

他停頓了一會兒權衡自己有哪些選項,但並沒有久到喪失主動權。

She was disappointed by his lack of initiative.

她對他缺少進取心感到失望。

...workers who are able to sort out problems on their own initiative.

能主動解決問題的工人

We must take the initiative in the struggle to end the war.

爲盡早結束戰爭,我們必須搶先行動。

She knew she had to take the initiative and maintain an aggressive game throughout.

她知道自己必須采取主動，並且始終保持咄咄逼人的態勢。