will to power

短语

权力欲

别名

will-to-power

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The vital energy in all living things which propels them to seek to grow, create, and thrive.

    权力意志

    强力意志

    不可数 哲学
  2. 2.

    The forceful desire, especially in human beings, to aggressively overcome, conquer, and dominate others.

    不可数

    By far the greater part of Mr. Johnson's book is concerned with precisely that, the will to power, as it has been made manifest since the end of World War I—first in Europe, then on a rising scale in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the United States.

    By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions, by abandoning every value except the will to power, they follow in the path of fascism, Nazism and totalitarianism.

词源

Calque of German Wille zur Macht.

来源：wiktionary