volition
英 [və'lɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [və'lɪʃən]
GRE
volition 意志力来自PIE*wel,希望，意愿，词源同will，voluntary.引申词义意志力。
- 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.
- 梅金说库姆斯先生是主动去投案的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Both sides admit that a volition, for instance, had occurred.
- 例如, 双方都承认出现了意志.
来自哲学部分
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句
