| 单词 | proactive |
| 释义 | proactive (once / 15330 pages) adj The adjective proactive can describe a person who gets things done. If you are proactive, you make things happen, instead of waiting for them to happen to you. Active means "doing something." The prefix pro- means "before." So if you are proactive, you are ready before something happens. The opposite is being reactive, or waiting for things to unfold before responding. Think about winter cold season. A proactive person washes his hands and takes vitamins; a reactive person gets sick and takes cold medicine. WORD FAMILYproactive: proactively USAGE EXAMPLESI also get proactive physical therapy, which is P.T. before you get hurt. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “They need to be able to respond quickly, and in some places be more proactive than the government authorities,” he said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The Workologist’s reply: Be proactive and propose new projects or initiatives to the boss. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens Syn active disposed to take action or effectuate change 2adj descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently proactive inhibition proactive interference Ant retroactive descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously |
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