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

• ( physiology) controlled by individual volition.
  （生理学）由个人意志控制的。
• 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。
• I have not volition enough left to dot my eyes, much less to comb my eyebrows.
  我无意点我的眼睛，更谈不上梳我的眉毛。
• 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。
• The man went away by his own volition.
  这男人靠自己的意志去的。
• He gave up acting of his own volition.
  他决定放弃采取行动。
• With her feminine tenderness and pilgrim's volition, she is quietly depicting the potential conflict of society in the historical process.
  她带着女性的柔美和苦行僧般的意志，默默描绘着当下文化在历史进程中的潜在冲突。
• Remember, Our line has always guard with courage, and volition.
  记住，我们的先人一直都是以勇气和意志在保护着王国。
• ( physiology) without volition or conscious control.
  （生理学）不是有意识或有意识的控制。
• 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。