initiative

I wish my son would show more initiative.

我希望我的儿子能表现得再主动一些。

Don’t keep asking me for advice. Use your initiative.

别老是要我给你出主意，发挥一下你自己的决断能力吧。

Lt. Carlos was not obeying orders. He acted on his own initiative (= he was not told what to do ).

卡洛斯中尉没有服从命令，而是自作主张。