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

• 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。
• 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。
• He gave up acting of his own volition.
  他决定放弃采取行动。
• 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。
• The man went away by his own volition.
  这男人靠自己的意志去的。
• 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。
• 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。
• The overwhelming majority of our intellectuals serve socialism of their own volition.
  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。
• 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 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。