英 [self wɪl] 美 [self wɪl]
n. 任性；固执己见
self-will //
不可数名词 Someone's self-will is their determination to do what they want without caring what other people think. 固执; 倔强
She had a little core of self-will.
她有点固执。
resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
同义词： stubbornness / bullheadedness / obstinacy / obstinance / pigheadedness
the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
同义词： self-control / self-possession / possession / willpower / self-command
laze)、任性(self-will)还很不开心(unhappy)。.
...他者就是这自我生命的创造性根源，这一他者是在这自我「以外来贡献塑造这自我，由此而「限制和帮助克服自我意志（self-will）的非人化举动，这是自我无法独自解决的难题。
... 坚持,固执 persist in 任性, 固执 self-will 稍固执 be stubborn by nature ...
任性；固执己见
She had a little core of self-will.
她有点固执。
The truth is, your self-will can't help you change because you don't have the power to do it.
事实证明，你的意志没能改变你，因为你实在没有力量去作到。
Sometimes it takes years, but eventually you discover that the greatest hindrance to God's blessing in your life is not others, it is yourself-your self-will, stubborn pride, and personal ambition.
你或许需要好几年的时间，但至终你会发现，最阻碍神赐福给你的，不是别的，而是你自己——你的自我、顽固的骄傲和个人的野心。
And the crisis had to be solved. "If we fail," Roosevelt said, "the cause of self-government throughout the world will suffer greatly."
VOA : special.2010.08.26
and if you read more in this letter I won't go through the whole thing, you will see that-- she's very self-deprecating.
如果你们继续深究这封信,我是不会全部读完，你们将会看到-,她非常善于自嘲。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
You could make a long list but it might include things Like the capacity for language and higher thought or abstract thought, conscience, self-control, free-will.
你也许能列出一个长单子，它可能包括以下东西,比如语言能力，高级或抽象思维能力，良心，自控力和自由意志。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
If not,the thinking goes, then self-interest will lead to overuse and destruction of shared resources.
VOA : special.2009.10.16
But he will warn that American downplaying international efforts could prove a self-fulfilling prophecy.
VOA : standard.2009.09.28
Enormously, brilliantly and intuitively talented in his game, but afflicted with an ego and self-will that was his worst enemy.
Those who have acted in their national short-term self-interest will find that their actions do not serve their long-term interests in a climate- and resource-constrained world.
No government agency will prevent him from making those purchases, and his greed and self-interest will not lead to murder and mayhem in the streets of London or anywhere else.