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

• What we think of as "free will" is actually found in the subconscious.
  我们所认为的“自由意志”实际上是建立在潜意识的基础之上的。
• And they give away there parenthood on their own free will.
  他们自愿放弃了父母身份。
• Hard-determinism assumes that free will and moral responsibility are incompatible with a universe in which all events are caused.
  刚性决定论认为，在所有事件都有成因的宇宙之中，自由意志和道德责任这两者是格格不入的。
• 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！
• The meaning of discrimination is to deny a person's free will and personal struggle.
  而歧视的意思，就是否定一个人的自由意志和个人奋斗。
• The two-way choice system as a reform of the present job assignment system for college graduates means that graduates could choose employers and employers could choose graduates, both of their own free will.
  作为对大学毕业生分配制度的改革，双向选择制度意味着，毕业生可以选择用人单位，用人单位也可以选择毕业生，双方均出于自愿。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。