volition

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vo·li·tion /vəˈlɪʃən $ voʊ-, və-/ noun [uncountableU]

1 of 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 出於自願

Helena left the company of her own volition.

海倫娜是自願離開公司的。

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of your own volition• Note that it is not possible to apply for a family assistance order; the court must act of its own volition.• There are tales of clanking chains and doors which open and close of their own volition.• Deena left the company of her own volition.• One gentleman has fled the country of his own volition, using yet another identity.• In the end Frank and I met of our own volition.• But not of his own volition.• The court does not, of its own volition, enquire into the merits of the case.• Very well; sometimes society changes for the good purely of its own volition.• Either you go down there of your own volition or I strangle you with my two bare hands.

2 formalFREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT the power to choose or decide something without being forced to do it 自願選擇；自行決斷

She was without her own volition.

她沒有自主選擇權。

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volition• What is needed is knowledge and volition.• It is something which must come essentially from ourselves, as a result of our own conscious volition.• This action continues quite mechanically all the time, and entirely without our conscious choice or volition.• The court does not, of its own volition, enquire into the merits of the case.

Origin volition

(1600-1700) French Medieval Latin volitio, from Latin velle; → VOLUNTARY1

vo·li·tion noun

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