volition

英 [və'lɪʃ(ə)n] 美[və'lɪʃən]

近义词freedom

GRE畅通词汇

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。

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。

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。

4. Both sides admit that a volition, for instance, had occurred.: 例如, 双方都承认出现了意志.

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.