free will
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌfree ˈwill noun [uncountable] 1 do something of your own free will FREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANTto do something because you want to, not because someone else has forced you to 自愿做某事 He came of his own free will. 他是自愿来的。2. RPFUTUREthe ability to make your own decisions about what to do, rather than being controlled by God or Fate 自由意志
Examples from the Corpus
free will• The whole canonical process recognizes the primacy of conscience and free will.• Humans could no longer be allowed any such privileged, mystical feature as free will to distinguish them.• The replacement of free will with scientific determinism was consequently the crucial starting point for the new positivist criminology.• I came back of my own free will on Friday, and went to the game yesterday.• I say this of my own free will.ˌfree ˈwill nounChineseSyllable
to do not because to, want Corpus something you
free will
ˌfree ˈwill
noun [uncountable]
1. do something of your own free will to do something because you want to, not because someone else has forced you to:
He came of his own free will.
2. the ability to make your own decisions about what to do, rather than being controlled by God or Fate
ˌfree ˈwill
noun [uncountable]1. do something of your own free will to do something because you want to, not because someone else has forced you to:
2. the ability to make your own decisions about what to do, rather than being controlled by God or Fate
