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

• When you walk through that door, it's an act of free will.
  当你走进这个门的时候，这是自由意志的选择。
• They debated the matter of free will.
  他们辩论过自由意志的问题。
• 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。
• 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？
• All in free will, all by choice.
  一切都有自由意志，一切都有选择的权利。
• 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。
• You have free will and the God-given power to create.
  你拥有自由意志和上帝赐予的创造一切的能力。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。