英语释义

1. the ability to control one's own actions, emotions, or urges
Alcoholics can't stop drinking through willpower alone: they need to alter behavior … that triggers the impulse to drink.
— James Atlas I'm not talking about facing up to hard work or discipline, as if the problem were faulty willpower or a poor character.
— Patricia Hampl also strong determination that allows one to do something difficult
He [Nicolas Sarkozy] … brokered a huge trade deal with China and generally signaled that he could redefine his country through sheer willpower alone.
— Bruce Crumley

2. the ability to control yourself strong determination that allows you to do something difficult (such as to lose weight or quit smoking)

3. strong determination
It takes willpower to get yourself in shape.

片语

The Will of Power权力意志

The Will to Power权力意志，强力意志

psychokinesis意志力

will-power quality意志品质

backbone脊骨，脊柱；支柱；骨气，毅力；书脊；（生化）聚合分子主链；（计算机）主干网

will to power权力欲

Will is power意志就是力量

will of power权力意志

will not power fixture会不会功率夹具

exam will-power考试意志

英汉例句

• the same research, though, also suggests that most of us have a limited amount of will power and that it’s easily exhausted.

  这个研究同时也表明我们绝大多数人的意志力都是有限的，并且很容易被耗尽。

• that「s why it」s critical that you muster up all of your will power to create a habit and not use your will power as the source of controlling your activities.

  那就是为什么你用尽你的意志去创造一个好的习惯而非用你的意志力量作为你的控制你行为的源泉显得如此的重要。

• on the other hand, we cannot suppose that the only thing standing between us and an intellectual「s paradise is a lack of will power or a dearth of public grants.

  另一方面，我们不该存在这样的推断，认为我们目前的社会和智慧的乐园间唯一的障碍，只是意志力量的缺乏或公共资助的不足。

• eventually these microscopic batteries will power microscopic robots as well.

  最终，这些缩微电池也将会为微型机器人提供动力。

• you must remember at all times that your code will power someone else」s content and presentation.

  您必须一直记住您的代码将为其他人的内容和显示提供力量。

• i「ve got enough will power to get you out of my life for good.

  我已经有了足够的意志力来将你永远驱除出我的生命。

• will power and self discipline are two of the most important and useful inner powers in everyone」s life, and have always been considered as essential tools for success in all areas of life.

  意志力和自律性在每个人的生活中是两个最重要最有用的内在能力，它们经常被看做是在每个领域取得成功的基本工具。

• one of the priorities of their visit was to see how taxpayer money is being spent to develop new, environmentally-friendly technologies that will power cars of the future.

  议员们这次参观车展的主要目的之一，是要考察美国汽车公司如何用纳税人的钱研发为未来汽车提供动力的新型环保技术。

• the truth is that everyone can reach high levels of will power and self-discipline through a practical method of training.

  实际上如果通过一种务实的方式来培养，每个人都可以在意志力和自律性上面达到一个高水準。

• so no matter how much you try to build up your desire to complete those tasks you still can’t master your will power to get started.

  所以无论你如何试着去建立你想要完成那些任务的欲望，你还是不能征服你的毅力去开始它们。

• sending these cheques to people with little financial discipline or will power is just like posting bars of chocolate through a school letterbox.

  把附带极少的财务纪律或者权力的这些支票寄送出去，就好比通过学校邮箱邮寄巧克力棒一样。

• when a problem, like obesity, is so widespread throughout a population, the cause is not a failure of individual will power but a failure of political will at the highest level.

  当肥胖这样的问题在某一群体中极为普遍时，其根源绝非个人意志力的失败，而是最高层政治意愿的失败。

• most people admire and respect strong individuals, who have won great success by manifesting will power and self discipline.

  很多人都欣赏和尊敬那些强大的人，那些通过展现意志力和自律精神获取成功的人。

• this isn’t a completely fruitless task: much recent research suggests that will power is, in some ways, like a muscle and can be made stronger.

  这不是一项完全没有成效的任务：很多最近的研究显示，在某些方面，意志力像肌肉一样，可以被训练得更强。

• you can bet apple will power the majority of its devices with whatever chip they release next.

  毫无疑问苹果不管接下来选择何种芯片，都将让它的大部分产品的性能提高。

• discipline and will power are to be used to create the right habits, and then those habits will give you the life you desire.

  纪律和意志力都能帮你培养一些好的习惯，那些习惯会协助你过上自己想要的生活。

• a growing body of research suggests that will power functions like a muscle.

  越来越多的研究显示，人的意志力与肌肉在功能上很相似。

• you know sometimes you just have this idea that is so good that it takes your entire will power not to tell everyone the moment you think of it.

  可能你也会有过这种经历，有时候，脑子里会突然冒出一些很好的想法，一下子就把苦思冥想的问题搞通了。

• the self-discipline i am talking about is the kind where you use your internal will power to choose something better for yourself.

  我所说的自我约束是那种你运用内在的愿望的力量去为自己选择更好的东西的选择。

• this is very attractive as it shows will power that not many people have.

  这是非常具有迷人的，因为那会展现许多人所没有的意志力。

• we believe it will power the computers of the future. and the computers of the future will not be tied to a desk or even a lap – they will fit in your pocket.

  我们相信它将带动未来电脑的发展，因为未来的电脑并不会被固定在桌上或者腿上—它应该可以被放入你的口袋。

• and he is going to work with his engineering colleagues at mit to try to integrate his storage device into systems that he hopes one day will power homes and cars all day and all night.

  他将与麻省理工学院的工程设计同事共同努力，把他的储能装置整合到各种系统之中，他希望有一天这样的发电装置能为家庭和汽车不分昼夜地提供电力。

• have the wisdom and will power to know that you can make a positive change.

  凭借智慧和毅力找到你能做出的积极改变。

相似词

spunk勇气；精神；引火柴；（苏格兰）怒意