volition

volition

英 [və'lɪʃ(ə)n]
　　美 [və'lɪʃən]

n. 意志，意志力；決斷力

中文詞源：

volition 意志力

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

例句：

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願。

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，毫無自主選擇的餘地。

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

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鬥志.