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

• Motivation, interest and sensibility constitute the dynamic system of innovation, while volition and character are its reliable guarantee.
  动机、兴趣和情感共同构成创新的动力系统，意志和性格则是创新的可靠保证。
• 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。
• Leave of your own volition. it's simpler.
  交给你自己的意志，那要更简单。
• Martial education is an important means to exercise volition and enhance national defense notion.
  提出军事教育是锻炼意志，提高国防观念的重要手段。
• 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；
• Any man worth his salt wants to get there on his own volition.
  每个称职的男人都希望通过自己的努力来获得成功。
• Teachers play a part on their own volition as the role of supervisor in the process of education supervision.
  在教育督导的过程中，教师不是被动地接受而是主动地参与了督导，并且具有督导者的角色身份。
• He gave up acting of his own volition.
  他决定放弃采取行动。
• It is not something that you can do through any effort, will or volition of yours.
  这不是你可以通过任何努力和意志能做到的。
• 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。