volition

FREQ #33296

n. 行使意志, 意志力, 决定

发音

UK /vəˈlɪʃ(ə)n/
AU
US /voʊˈlɪʃ(ə)n/

词形变化

volitions 复数 volitions

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A conscious choice or decision.

    意志

    决断

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  2. 2.

    The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.

    意志力

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    Out of all the factors that can influence a person’s decision, none can match the power of his or her own volition.

  3. 3.

    A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.

    可数 不可数 语言学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

will willing

上位词 6

pick choice option selection faculty module

下位词 2

intention velleity

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-der. Proto-Italic *welō Latin volō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin volitiōbor. French volitionder. English volition From French volition, from Medieval Latin volitiō (“will, volition”), from Latin volō (“to wish; to want; to mean or intend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”)) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verbs)).

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