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单词 living will
释义

living /livˈing/

adjective
  1. Live
  2. Alive
  3. Having vitality
  4. Lively
  5. (of a likeness) strikingly exact
  6. Currently in existence, activity or use
noun
  1. Means of subsistence
  2. Manner of life
  3. A property
  4. A benefice
ORIGIN: Prp of live1

living death noun

A life of unrelieved misery

living-flame adjective

Of a gas fire, simulating the effect of burning solid fuel

living fossil noun

An animal or a plant of a group of which most are extinct

living memory noun

The memory of anybody or somebody still alive

living rock noun

Rock still forming part of the bedrock, not detached

living room noun

A sitting room for the general use of a family, etc

living wage noun

A wage on which it is possible for a wage-earner and his or her family to live adequately

living will noun

A document drawn up to state what kind of medical care the signatory would prefer if unable to express his or her own wishes, as in cases of dementia, coma, etc

the living

Those alive at present

will2 /wil/

noun
  1. The power or faculty of choosing or determining
  2. The act of using this power
  3. Volition
  4. Choice or determination
  5. Pleasure, wish or desire
  6. Inclination, preference
  7. Lust
  8. Command
  9. Arbitrary disposal
  10. (in combination) feeling towards others, as in goodwill or ill-will
  11. The disposition of one's effects at death
  12. The written document containing this
transitive verb (pat and pap willed; 2nd pers present indicative willˈest; 3rd pers wills)
  1. To decree
  2. To seek to force, influence (oneself or another to perform a specified action) by silent exertion of the will
  3. To dispose of by will, to bequeath
  4. To wish, desire or want, as in what you will
  5. To wish for (archaic)
  6. To command, order, require (obsolete)
intransitive verb
  1. To exercise choice, choose, decree
  2. To be willing
ORIGIN: OE willa will, determination, from which comes the weak verb willian

willˈable adjective

willed adjective

  1. Having a will
  2. Voluntary
  3. Given or disposed of by will
  4. Brought under another's will, as in hypnotism
  5. (in combination) having a will of a particular kind, as in weak-willed, strong-willed, etc

willˈer noun

Someone who wills

willˈ-less adjective

Having no will of one's own

willˈ-lessly adverb

willˈ-lessness noun

willˈpower noun

The ability to control one's actions, emotions, impulses, etc

willˈ-worship noun (Bible)

Worship after one's own will or fancy, superstitious observance without divine authority

at will

When or as one chooses

a will of one's own

A strong, self-assertive will

by my will (Shakespeare)

  1. Voluntarily
  2. With my consent

conjoint or joint will

A testamentary act by two persons jointly in the same instrument

have one's will

To obtain what one desires

living will see under living

tenant at will

Someone who holds lands only so long as the owner pleases

with a will

Heartily and energetically

with the best will in the world

No matter how willing or persevering one is

work one's will

To do whatever one chooses

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