v.aux.
- (表示單純的將來)將
He
will be home at six.
他六點回家。
- (表示意志,意願)願,要
You
will come, won't you?
你會來的,是不是?
- (表示經常性,習慣性)經常,慣於,總是
These things
will happen.
這種事總是要發生的。
- (表示能力,功能)能
This auditorium
will seat one thousand people.
這個禮堂能容納一千人。
- (表示猜測)可能,大概
This
will be the house you're looking for.
這大概就是你找的那所房子了。
- (表示責任,義務)必須,一定
No one
will leave the examination room before ten o'clock.
十點以前誰也不能離開考場。
vt.
- 用意志力使,主觀促成[O2][+(that)]
I tried with all my might to
will him to say no.
我竭盡全力想使他說不。
- 遺贈[O1][(+to)]
He
willed his house to his nephew.
他立下遺囑,把房子留給姪子。
- 意欲,決心要
vi.
- 下決心
- 願意
n.
- 意志,毅力;自制力[C][U]
Jim has a strong
will.
吉姆是個意志堅強的人。
- 心願;目的;意願[U][+to-v]
He had a strong
will to beat his opponent.
他有擊敗對手的強烈慾望。
- 決心;意圖[S]
She had no
will of her own.
她這人沒有主見。
- (對別人所抱的)情感[U]
They bear you no ill
will.
他們對你並無惡意。
- 遺囑[C]
In her
will she left all her money to her children.
她在遺囑中將其所有的錢留給子女。
片語
at will
- 任意;隨心所欲地
He told us that we could wander around
at will.
他告訴我們說我們可以任意閒逛。
of one's own free will
- 出於自願
I did it
of my own free will.
我是出於自願做的。
with a will
- 起勁地
They set to work
with a will.
他們起勁地投入工作。
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- 有志者事竟成。
辨析
will1
modal v.
(3rd sing. present will; past would)
- expressing the future tense.
▸expressing a strong intention or assertion about the future.
- expressing inevitable events.
- expressing a request.
▸expressing desire, consent, or willingness.
- expressing facts about ability or capacity.
- expressing habitual behaviour.
- expressing probability or expectation about something in the present.
Usage
On the differences in use between will and shall, see usage at shall.
Etymology
OE wyllan, of Gmc origin.
will2
n.
- the faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action.
▸
(also willpower)
control or restraint deliberately exerted.
▸a desire or intention.
- a legal document containing instructions for the disposition of one's money and property after one's death.
v.
- chiefly formal or literary intend or desire to happen.
▸bring about by the exercise of mental powers.
-
(will something to)
bequeath something to.
▸leave specified instructions in one's will.
Phrase
- at will
at whatever time or in whatever way one pleases. - have a will of one's own
have a wilful character. - with the best will in the world
however good one's intentions. - with a will
energetically and resolutely.
Derivative
Etymology
OE willa (n.), willian (v.), of Gmc origin; rel. to will1 and the adverb well1.