willed
past simple and past participle ofwill
| 单词 | willed |
| 释义 | willed past simple and past participle ofwill will verb uk/wɪl/us/wɪl/willverb(MAKE HAPPEN)[+ obj + to infinitive] If you will something tohappen, youtryto make ithappenby thepowerofyourthoughts: She willed herselftorememberhisname. [IorT]formal towantsomething: Stay or go,as youwill. Wanting things
willverb(LEAVE)[T] toarrangeto givemoneyorpropertytoothersafteryourdeath Inheriting & bequeathing
Examplesofwilledwilled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Because the criminal's punishment is a recognition of his freelywilledaction, he cannot object that punishing him is morally wrong. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, if u (the universe) at time t would not have existed if a divine being had notwilledit, that volition was causally necessary. From theCambridge English Corpus Incapacities could bewilledor unwilled, but the quality of the individual response was an intrinsic element. From theCambridge English Corpus Asked whether he or she consciouslywilledgetting up for the soda, the person would likely say yes. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand (as the pun drags on), however, the patient does not experience these actions as consciouslywilled. From theCambridge English Corpus And without the experience of willing, even this foreknowledge of the action seems insufficient to move the action into the "consciouslywilled" category. From theCambridge English Corpus Their governments, unhindered by the rights of the people, imposed taxes and enlisted labor as theywilled. From theCambridge English Corpus Without an experience of willing, even actions that look entirely voluntary from the outside still fall short of qualifying as trulywilled. From theCambridge English Corpus A number of other investigators have approached the problem of localizingwilledaction by examining activations during choice tasks. From theCambridge English Corpus Attention to action:willedand automatic control of behaviour. From theCambridge English Corpus Intentions, plans, and other thoughts can be experienced, and still the action is notwilledif the person says it was not. From theCambridge English Corpus The word "feverish" makes the pleasure at oncewilledand still sick, while "naturalness" remains a principle under severe strain. From theCambridge English Corpus To escape, we must allow that one mental event in the illusory causal sequence is not experienced as an intentionalwilledact. From theCambridge English Corpus Consciouslywilledactions, on the other hand, give the mind the opportunity to identify itself as author. From theCambridge English Corpus Conversations are driven bywilledgoals + speakers and writers try to achieve communicative intentions, and listeners and readers try to recover these intentions. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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