核心畫面

One way to picture it: someone is asked to do something, and inside them nothing pushes back. The will is already pointing that way, so there is no argument to win — they simply say yes.

有人開口拜託你做一件事,而你心裡沒有任何一股力量在往反方向拉。will 本來就是「意志、心之所向」,加上 -ing 更多收起有人開口拜託你做一件事,而你心裡沒有任何一股力量在往反方向拉。will 本來就是「意志、心之所向」,加上 -ing 之後描述的是那個「心已經朝著這件事」的狀態——不是被推著走,是自己這邊沒有阻力。所以 willing 的重點不在熱不熱情,而在「不需要被說服」:問了,你就點頭。

From the word’s history

Old English willende, the present participle of willan 'to wish, to want'. The modern adjective still carries that participle sense: in a state of wanting, of the will already leaning toward the thing.

willing 來自古英語 willende,是動詞 willan(想要、意欲)的現在分詞;同源的名詞 willung 來自 willian。從構詞上看就是 will + -ing。這條線索直接照亮現代的核心:willing 描述的是「意志正在朝那邊」的進行狀態,所以它天生不是「勉強接受」,而是「那個想法本來就在你心裡了」。

Payload-supplied ATTESTED ORIGINS note (Old English willende, present participle of willan; noun from willian; surface analysis will + -ing)

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這一族就是核心本身的兩種擺法:同一個「心裡沒有反方向的力」,一種是被問到才顯現(放在 be willing to 裡),一種是直接貼在名詞前面當標籤。

willing, agreeable · adjective · C2

Ready to do something you have been asked to do, or having no real reason to say no.

願意的

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Willingname

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    A surname.

willingadj/ˈwɪlɪŋ/

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    Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.

    • If my boyfriend isn't willing to change his drinking habits, I will split up with him.
    • In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.

willingnoun/ˈwɪlɪŋ/

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    obsoleterareThe execution of a will.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。