volition

英 [vəˈlɪʃn]

美 [voʊˈlɪʃn]

n.  意志力; 自愿选择; 自行决断

复数：volitions　

GRE

BNC.20159 / COCA.19937

牛津词典

noun

• 意志力；自愿选择；自行决断
  the power to choose sth freely or to make your own decisions
  1. They left entirely of their own volition (= because they wanted to) .
     他们完全是自愿离开的。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 自愿选择;自行决定
  Yourvolitionis the power you have to decide something for yourself.
  1. We like to think that everything we do and everything we think is a product of our volition...
     我们常常认为我们所做和所想的一切都出自自己的意愿。
  2. He felt as though he were in the grip of Fate and had no volition of his own.
     他感觉自己好像被命运掌控，毫无自主选择的余地。
• PHRASE 出于自愿
  If you do somethingofyourown volition, you do it because you have decided for yourself that you will do it and not because someone else has told you to do it.
  1. Makin said Mr Coombes had gone to the police of his own volition.
     梅金说库姆斯先生是主动去投案的。

双语例句

• The indeterminists say another volition might have occurred in its place;
  非决定论者说，可能出现的是取而代之的另一意志；
• Every volition has a special motive which varies according to taste.
  每一决断都有其特定的动机，并随个人品味之异而异。
• There seems no pattern to the attack, no volition to the men.
  进攻看上去没有一点章法；士兵看上去没有一点斗志。
• The courts may do this of their own volition.
  在这一点上，法院可以有自己的判决标准。
• What will open the door is not your volition or desire.
  打开门窗的不是你的意志和期望。
• ( physiology) controlled by individual volition.
  （生理学）由个人意志控制的。
• Leave of your own volition. it's simpler.
  交给你自己的意志，那要更简单。
• He gave up acting of his own volition.
  他决定放弃采取行动。
• The man went away by his own volition.
  这男人靠自己的意志去的。
• Makin said Mr Coombes had gone to the police of his own volition.
  梅金说库姆斯先生是主动去投案的。