| 释义 |
will-less, a.|ˈwɪllɪs|
Also 8 wil-less, 9 willess.
[f. will n.1 + -less.]
1. Not having ‘a will of one's own’; not exercising, or not involving exercise of, the will.
1747Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. xv. 99 Your blind duty and wil-less resignation. 1823Galt R. Gilhaize II. 283, I walked in a willess manner. 1892Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve iii. x, The last year's leaves.. whirled helpless and will-less in the dust-storm of the road!
2. Having no will; destitute of the faculty of volition.
1804A. Seward Mem. Darwin 89 Reasonless, will-less instinct, limited but undeviating. 1871H. Macmillan True Vine vi. 240 A mindless, will-less, impersonal solitude.
Hence ˈwill-lessly adv., ˈwill-lessness.
1871H. Macmillan True Vine vi. 245 He is to do consciously and willingly—what the plant does unconsciously and will-lessly. 1902Academy 8 Nov. 509 Among the many signs of that hysteria, what is called abulia or ‘willessness’ is one of the most common. |