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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Makin said Mr Coombes had gone to the police of his own volition.
梅金說(shuō)庫(kù)姆斯先生是主動(dòng)去投案的。
來(lái)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.
我們常常認(rèn)為我們所做和所想的一切都出自自己的意愿。
來(lái)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.
他感覺(jué)自己好像被命運(yùn)掌控，毫無(wú)自主選擇的余地。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. Both sides admit that a volition, for instance, had occurred.
例如, 雙方都承認(rèn)出現(xiàn)了意志.
來(lái)自哲學(xué)部分
5. There seems no pattern to the attack, no volition to the men.