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单词 volition
释义
volitionvo‧li‧tion /vəˈlɪʃən $ voʊ-, və-/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINvolition
Origin:
1600-1700 French, Medieval Latin volitio, from Latin velle; VOLUNTARY1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • It is something which must come essentially from ourselves, as a result of our own conscious volition.
  • The court does not, of its own volition, enquire into the merits of the case.
  • This action continues quite mechanically all the time, and entirely without our conscious choice or volition.
  • What is needed is knowledge and volition.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Deena left the company of her own volition.
  • But not of his own volition.
  • Either you go down there of your own volition or I strangle you with my two bare hands.
  • In the end Frank and I met of our own volition.
  • Note that it is not possible to apply for a family assistance order; the court must act of its own volition.
  • One gentleman has fled the country of his own volition, using yet another identity.
  • The court does not, of its own volition, enquire into the merits of the case.
  • There are tales of clanking chains and doors which open and close of their own volition.
  • Very well; sometimes society changes for the good purely of its own volition.
1of your own volition formal if you do something of your own volition, you do it because you want to, not because you are forced to:  Helena left the company of her own volition.2formal the power to choose or decide something without being forced to do it:  She was without her own volition.
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