決定的起點在自己身上
一個是那份能力本身，一個是把那份能力用在某件事上的固定說法。
noun · C1
The power a person has to choose and to decide things for themselves, without being forced by anyone else.
意志；自主選擇的能力
核心畫面
Follow any action backwards and you reach a starting point. Volition is the moment where that starting point is inside the person: she moved because she wanted to, and nobody was standing behind her. The word is really about where a decision comes from — from you, or from somewhere else.
可以想成把一個動作往回追。追到最後，會停在一個起點。volition 說的就是那個起點落在人自己身上的情況：她會動，…更多收起
可以想成把一個動作往回追。追到最後，會停在一個起點。volition 說的就是那個起點落在人自己身上的情況：她會動，是因為她想動，後面沒有人推她。所以這個字真正在講的是——這個決定是從哪裡來的。從你，還是從別人。From the word’s history
The word goes back to Latin volō, 'to wish, to want', reaching English through French volition and Medieval Latin volitiō. The root is simply 'wanting', which is exactly what sits at that starting point.
來源字典說這個字來自拉丁文 volō（想要、願意），經由中世紀拉丁文 volitiō 和法文 volition 進入英文。字根就是「想要」。這正好就是那個起點上的東西——因為想要，所以動。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:865184198) — French volition < Medieval Latin volitiō < Latin volō ('to wish; to want') + -tiō.
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