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1. Oxford Dictionary

   will

   • IPA[wɪl]

   英式

   • n.
     the faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action；control deliberately exerted to do something or to restrain one's own impulses
   • v.
     make or try to make (someone) do something or (something) happen by the exercise of mental powers；intend, desire, or wish (something) to happen

   • verb: will, 3rd person present: wills, gerund or present participle: willing, past tense: willed, past participle: willed

   • noun: will, plural noun: wills

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action she has an iron will a battle of wills between children and their parents 同義詞 determination, firmness of purpose, fixity of purpose, will power, strength of character, ... 更多resolution, resolve, resoluteness, purposefulness, single-mindedness, drive, commitment, dedication, doggedness, tenacity, tenaciousness, staying power, backbone, spine, self-control, self-restraint, self-discipline, self-mastery, volition, Sitzfleisch, informalstickability, stick-to-it-iveness, rareperseveration, volition, choice, option, decision, discretion, prerogative
   • ▪ control deliberately exerted to do something or to restrain one's own impulses a stupendous effort of will
   • ▪ a deliberate or fixed desire or intention Jane had not wanted them to stay against their will the will to live 同義詞 desire, wish, preference, inclination, mind, ... 更多disposition, intention, intent
   • ▪ the thing that one desires or ordains Jane tells St. John that she could marry him if she only knew it was God's will 同義詞 wish, desire, decision, choice, intention, ... 更多decree, ordinance, command, dictate
   • 2. a legal document containing instructions as to what should be done with one's money and property after one's death. 同義詞 testament, last will and testament, last wishes, bequest(s)

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make or try to make (someone) do something or (something) happen by the exercise of mental powers reluctantly he willed himself to turn and go back she stared into the fog, willing it to clear
   • 2. formal, literary intend, desire, or wish (something) to happen their friendship flourished particularly because Adams willed it he was doing what the saint willed 同義詞 decree, order, ordain, command, direct, ... 更多intend, wish, want
   • 3. bequeath something to (someone) by the terms of one's will his father willed the farm to Mr Timms 同義詞 bequeath, leave, give, hand down, hand on, ... 更多pass on, settle on, make over, transfer, gift, devise
   • ▪ leave specified instructions in one's will he willed that his body should be given to the hospital

   片語

   • at will
   • have a will of one's own
   • have one's will
   • if you will
   • what you will
   • where there's a will there's a way
   • with the best will in the world
   • with a will