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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Of all our abilities, it is free will that truly makes us unique.
  在我们所有的能力当中，真的是自由意志使我们变得独特么？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• How can free will coexist with fate?
  自由意志和命运如何同时存在？