free will

英 [ˌfriː ˈwɪl]

美 [ˌfriː ˈwɪl]

n. 自由意志

法律

Collins.1

习惯用语

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。
He will not destroy the free will of others.
他不能破坏别人的自由意志。
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。
All in free will, all by choice.
一切都有自由意志，一切都有选择的权利。
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。
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。
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？
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。
Only those who use Free Will to choose Love, Peace and Harmony will flourish in the New Reality.
只有那些使用自由意志选择爱，和平，和谐的人才会在新的现实中绽放。