volition

英 [v?'l??(?)n] 美[v?'l???n]

近義詞freedom

GRE暢通詞匯

volition 意志力

來自PIE*wel,希望，意愿，詞源同will，voluntary.引申詞義意志力。

volition: volition: [17] Volition comes via French volition from medieval Latin volitiō, a noun derived from Latin volō ‘I will’. Together with English will, this went back ultimately to Indo-European *wel-, *wol- ‘be pleasing’, which also produced English volunteer and voluptuous.
=> voluntary, volunteer, voluptuous, will
volition (n.): 1610s, from French volition (16c.), from Medieval Latin volitionem (nominative volitio) "will, volition," noun of action from Latin stem (as in volo "I wish") of velle "to wish," from PIE root *wel- (2) "to wish, will" (see will (v.)). Related: Volitional.

1. Makin said Mr Coombes had gone to the police of his own volition.: 梅金說庫姆斯先生是主動去投案的。

2. We like to think that everything we do and everything we think is a product of our volition.: 我們常常認為我們所做和所想的一切都出自自己的意愿。

3. He felt as though he were in the grip of Fate and had no volition of his own.: 他感覺自己好像被命運掌控，毫無自主選擇的余地。

4. Both sides admit that a volition, for instance, had occurred.: 例如, 雙方都承認出現了意志.

5. There seems no pattern to the attack, no volition to the men.: 進攻看上去沒有一點章法; 士兵看上去沒有一點斗志.