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

• A free will and a will subject to moral laws are one and the same.
  自由意志与服从道德规范的意志是一个东西而且是相同的东西。
• People have free will and no one can or should control another person.
  人生来平等，没有人可以或是应该被其他的人控制。
• 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。
• 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。
• And they give away there parenthood on their own free will.
  他们自愿放弃了父母身份。
• 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。
• If we have free will, where in the evolutionary tree did it develop?
  如果我们有自由意志，在进化树上它如何发展？
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。