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

• And they give away there parenthood on their own free will.
  他们自愿放弃了父母身份。
• And then he gave himself to you, of his own free will.
  可是后来，他把他自己给了你，出于他的自由意志。
• I can't change your free will, but I can let you down to hell.
  我无法左右你的自由意志，所以你就抱著你的信念下地狱吧！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He will not destroy the free will of others.
  他不能破坏别人的自由意志。
• 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。
• 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。
• Free will does not mean that you can establish the curriculum.
  个人意愿并不表示你可以制定课程。