and to exercise such initiative as falls within their sphere,
在各自的工作范围内发挥主动性，
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 36 The cost of government

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

exercise ['ɛksɚsaɪz] 词频1
n. 练习;运动，训练;运用;典礼; vi. 锻炼，训练，练习; vt. 锻炼（身体某部位）;使焦虑，使忧虑;实行，发挥（作用）;运用;
💡 ex出+erc力量+ise表名词，物品，状态 →练习，锻炼
"You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog."
在雾中开车要极为小心.
近义：profess, wield, practice, practise, qualify, train
initiative [ɪ'nɪʃətɪv] 词频3 词根: in
n. 主动性;主动精神;倡议;主动权; adj. 自发的;创始的;初步的;
💡 in进入+it行走+iat开始+ive名词后缀 →起步的；原动力
"a United Nations peace initiative"
联合国的和平倡议
近义：move, pushfulness, willingness, drive, gumption, preliminary 反义：aboulia, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
sphere [sfɪr] 词频3
n. 球（体）;（兴趣或活动的）范围;势力范围;天体，如行星或恒星; vt. 形成球体;包围，围绕;置于球面内部;
💡 spher(ball)+e(名词后缀)→球；球体；天体；范围；地位
"This area was formerly within the sphere of influence of the US."
这一地区先前属于美国的势力范围。
近义：ball, orb, globe, province, range, realm
falls
n. 瀑布；陨石

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

During all these tests Vera was blindfold;
在所有这些实验中，维拉的双眼都是蒙着的。
The modern weather models work with a grid of points of the order of sixty miles apart,
现代气象模型以一个坐标图来显示，图中每个点大约是间隔60英里。
The second factor is more interesting and more fundamental.
第二点更有意思，也更重要。
and in the course of a few hundred miles reaches the true ocean floor at 2,500-3,500 fathoms.
一直延伸到几百英里远深达2，500至3，500的地方，
It is the ideal condition of the 'equal start' which only our most progressive forms of modern education try to regain.
这就是我们最进步的现代教育试图恢复的“平等起步”的理想状况。
and see that nothing particularly alarming is happening to its companions.
并且看到自己的同伴身上没有发生让自己担惊受怕的事。