音标：[vәu'liʃәn] ；

n. 行使意志, 意志力, 决定

n. the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
n. the act of making a choice

词型变化：名词复数形式 : volitions
考试类型：[GRE]

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volition的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

She offered to help us of her own volition.她自愿提出要帮助我们。
She left entirely of her own volition.她完全是自愿离开的。
I didn't ask him to go;he went of his own volition.我没有要求他去，他是出于自愿的。
Such cloudy weather can wear people's volition.这种阴阴的天气最是消磨人的意志。
How can ability make his volition firmer?怎么样才能让自己的意志更坚强？

词汇搭配

by one's own volition出于自愿
of one's own volition出于自愿

经典引文

I don't know when it would have occurred to us to leave of our own volition.
出自：I. Murdoch

【近义词】

will决心
freedom自由
choice选择
wish希望
decision决定
desire渴望
preference偏爱
option选择权
willing愿意的

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