volition: [17] Volition comes via French volition from medieval Latin volitiō, a noun derived from Latin volō ‘I will’. Together with English will, this went back ultimately to Indo-European *wel-, *wol- ‘be pleasing’, which also produced English volunteer and voluptuous. => voluntary, volunteer, voluptuous, will
volition (n.)
1610s, from French volition (16c.), from Medieval Latin volitionem (nominative volitio) "will, volition," noun of action from Latin stem (as in volo "I wish") of velle "to wish," from PIE root *wel- (2) "to wish, will" (see will (v.)). Related: Volitional.
实用例句
1. Makin said Mr Coombes had gone to the police of his own volition.
梅金说库姆斯先生是主动去投案的。
来自柯林斯例句
2. We like to think that everything we do and everything we think is a product of our volition.
我们常常认为我们所做和所想的一切都出自自己的意愿。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He felt as though he were in the grip of Fate and had no volition of his own.
他感觉自己好像被命运掌控，毫无自主选择的余地。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Both sides admit that a volition, for instance, had occurred.
例如, 双方都承认出现了意志.
来自哲学部分
5. There seems no pattern to the attack, no volition to the men.