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) without volition or conscious control.
  （生理学）不是有意识或有意识的控制。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is highly unusual for the forces of Heaven to so directly interfere with man's destiny, but Tyrael was said to act of his own volition.
  这种现象极度的不寻常，天堂的力量很少这样直接干预人类的命运，但是泰瑞尔说这是靠他自己的意志决定的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。