volition
volition[vəˈlɪʃ(ə)n]noun- [mass noun]the faculty or power of using one's will
意志(力),决心
without conscious volition she backed into her office.
她无意识地退回到自己的办公室里。
常用词组of (或 by 或 on) one's own volition- voluntarily
出于本人自己的意志,自愿地;志愿地
they choose to leave early of their own volition.
他们自愿早些离去。
派生volitionaladjectivevolitionallyadverbvolitiveadjective- (formal or technical)(正式或技).)
语源- early 17th cent. (denoting a decision or choice made after deliberation): from French, or from medieval Latin volitio(n-), from volo 'I wish'
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