At home, Water Gate muffled the thrust of our initiative.

在国内，水门事件影响了我们倡议的进展。

Charles is shy and does not take the initiative in making acquaintances.

查理斯怕羞，不会主动结交朋友。

Take the initiative to meet people.

主动和他人见面。

Spawr indeed personified American ingenuity, self-reliance, initiative and entrepreneurship.

斯帕尔表现出美国人的机敏，有着独立、首创精神和企业家的风度。

He has a lot of initiative.

他富于进取心。

It was evident that they had lost the initiative.

显然他们已丧失了主动权。

The initiative has passed to them.

主动权已转至他们手中。

They proposed to give the people an alternative and a last resort——the initiative and referendum.

他们建议给予人民另一个和最后的手段——创制权和复决权。

The initiative and referendum were used most widely in the West.

创制权和复决权在西方运用最广。