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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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？
• 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。
• If so, then machines and humans could both have the capacity for free will.
  如果确实如此，那么人类和机器就都有能力产生自由意志。
• 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。
• 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。