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

• 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 minister wished it to be known that he had left the cabinet of his own volition.
  那位部长希望公众知道他是自己决定离开内阁的。
• 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。
• ( physiology) without volition or conscious control.
  （生理学）不是有意识或有意识的控制。
• The man went away by his own volition.
  这男人靠自己的意志去的。
• 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。
• The overwhelming majority of our intellectuals serve socialism of their own volition. Understanding Social Anxiety Disorder, by Self-cognition
  我国的知识分子绝大多数是自觉自愿地为社会主义服务的。社交焦虑障碍：自我认知偏倚与疾病的发展
• He gave up acting of his own volition.
  他决定放弃采取行动。
• I didn't ask him to go; he went of his own volition.
  我没有要求他去，他是出于自愿的。