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单词 velleity
释义 vel·le·i·ty
\vəˈlēəd.ē, veˈ-, -lēətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: New Latin velleitas, from Latin velle to wish, will + -itas -ity — more at will
1. : the lowest degree of desire : imperfect or incomplete volition
 < velleity, which is only a … faint, imperfect volition of an end, without regard to the means — Theophilus Gale >
2. : a slight wish : a faint hope : desire, inclination
 < every wish, every velleity of his had only to be expressed to be at once Victoria's — Lytton Strachey >
 < I have a secretary who has socialistic velleities — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
 < his velleities toward the good life, true taste, beautiful women … weakened as he drew on toward middle age — Time >
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