free will

英 [ˌfriː ˈwɪl]

美 [ˌfriː ˈwɪl]

n.  自由意志

法律

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习惯用语

n.

of your own free will
• 自愿
  because you want to do sth rather than because sb has told or forced you to do it
• She left of her own free will.
  她是自愿离开的。

牛津词典

noun

• 自由意志
  the power to make your own decisions without being controlled by God or fate

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 自由意志
  If you believe infree will, you believe that people have a choice in what they do and that their actions have not been decided in advance by God or by any other power.
  1. ...the free will of the individual.
     个人的自由意志
• PHRASE 出于自愿;出于自由选择地
  If you do somethingofyourown free will, you do it by choice and not because you are forced to do it.
  1. Would Bethany return of her own free will, as she had promised?
     贝萨妮会像她承诺的那样自愿回来吗？

英英释义

noun

• the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
  Synonym:discretion

双语例句

• In essence, you are saying that people do not really have free will.
  实质上，你是在说人们并不真正拥有自由意志。
• Whether you surrender or struggle to free will be your own thoughts.
  至于你是听任还是挣脱，那将是你自己的感想。
• They debated the matter of free will.
  他们辩论过自由意志的问题。
• The philosophical problems of chance and of free will are closely related.
  或然性和自由意志这两个哲学问题是紧密相关的。
• On this point you have the free will and the choice.
  在这一点上，你们有自由的意志和选择。
• Free will is simply having the power to do as I will dictate.
  我等下要讲到自由意志的威力。
• One of the chief elements of tragedy lies in the relation of the free will to necessity.
  构成悲剧的一个主要因素，在于自由意志与必然性之间的关系。
• Our ideal of the future is that she should continue to render that service of her own free will.
  我们最理想的前途是，美国将继续出于自愿提供这种服务。
• In a smaller field this was the drama of free will and creation.
  在更小的范围，这是自由意志和创造的戏剧。
• He will not destroy the free will of others.
  他不能破坏别人的自由意志。