核心畫面

Think of someone saying yes with nothing pushing them from behind: no pressure, no threat, no long argument needed. Their own will is what moves them — that is the will inside the word.

一個人點頭說好,而背後沒有任何東西在推他——沒有壓力、沒有威脅,也不需要別人反覆勸說。動力來自他自己的意願,也就是字更多收起一個人點頭說好,而背後沒有任何東西在推他——沒有壓力、沒有威脅,也不需要別人反覆勸說。動力來自他自己的意願,也就是字裡那個 will(意願)。要注意這裡的重點不一定是「很想要」,更常是「沒有不肯」:你可能沒特別期待,但你也沒有理由拒絕,所以就答應了。

One branch

自己願意,沒被逼

這一族就是核心畫面本身,差別只在句子裡的位置——放在名詞後面說一個人此刻的狀態,或放在名詞前面當那個人的長期特質。

willing, ready · adjective · B2

Ready to do something because you have agreed to it, or because you have no reason not to want to do it. Nobody is making you do it.

願意的;肯做的

原始詞典資料1 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。

willinglyadv/ˈwɪlɪŋli/

  • 1

    Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.

    • Now this is a process of the mind or thought, of which I would willingly know the foundation.
    • In the first place, although many people wanted nationalisation and it became the will of Parliament, there were many other people who did not want it, have never willingly accepted it, and never will.

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