- 1nB2
/ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/
The state of being prepared to do something; being ready to agree to act.
願意;意願
核心畫面
Picture someone who has not been asked yet, but is already leaning towards yes. Nothing has happened — no promise, no action — and still you can tell the door is open. The word names that inner readiness: the state of being prepared to say yes when the moment comes.
可以想成:一個人還沒被問,但你看得出來他心已經偏向「好啊」。什麼都還沒發生——沒有承諾,也沒有動作——可是那扇門是開…更多收起
可以想成:一個人還沒被問,但你看得出來他心已經偏向「好啊」。什麼都還沒發生——沒有承諾,也沒有動作——可是那扇門是開著的。這個字指的就是這份還沒動用的心意:準備好要答應、要去做的狀態。所以它常出現在描述態度、而不是描述行動的句子裡。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。
willingnessnoun/ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/
- 1
The state of being willing
- All it takes is a willingness to learn.
- "[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]"
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。