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单词 volens nolens
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volens nolensadv.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin volens, nōlens.
Etymology: < classical Latin volens willing, present participle of volo, velle + nōlens unwilling, present participle of nōlo, nolle.Classical Latin had the subjunctive phrase velim nolim.
Obsolete.
= nolens volens adv.
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the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] > whether one will or not
would…nouldOE
whether he (etc.) will or nillOE
will I (or) nill I (he, they, etc.)OE
maugre1340
nill he, will hea1400
who(ever) will or nillc1449
bongre maugrec1450
whether‥yea or no (also nay)1515
nolens volens1547
willing or nilling1578
volens nolens1602
willy-nilly1608
nilling, willing1657
nilly-willy1662
bon gré mal gré1818
wilta shalta1824
william-nilliam1907
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 58 Yet must they keepe such a..strait watch..continually, as volens nolens their will must not be theirs, but their superiors.
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. lx. 404 If I should whip Sancho, volens nolens.
1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. xii. 53 A wronged servant shall have right volens nolens from his injurious master.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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