will-power

基本解釋

You might think that the best way to succeed is to have really strong will-power – but that’s not generally true.
你可能會(huì)想，成功最好的途逕是有著真正強(qiáng)烈的意志力。但是，這通常不是真的。
Later in life you decide it's time to change. You use all your will-power to engage on a new diet and running routine.
在接下來(lái)的日子裡，你意識(shí)到是時(shí)候改變了，你用前所未有的意志力去實(shí)行一份新的飲食計(jì)劃和跑步路線。
For instance, if you're on a diet, try keeping a food diary – it makes you more accountable and gives you a boost to your will-power.
比如，如果你正在節(jié)食，試著記一本食物日記——它可以使你對(duì)這件事情更加負(fù)責(zé)任，提高你的意志力。

And,with the Philippines, that power is -- and forever will be - the United States.
They can't imagine -they don't have the power of imagination to think what the next crisis will be like, so it catches them by surprise.
他們無(wú)法想象,他們根本想象不出,下次危機(jī)爆發(fā)是什麼樣,所以危機(jī)發(fā)生時(shí)他們措手不及
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場(chǎng)課程節(jié)選
By 2013,Lithuania wants to have a new natural-gas power plant, but experts caution that this will not be enough to meet the country's energy needs.

So even granted the will-power to stabilise the economy, privatise state property and liberalise markets, would it work?
ECONOMIST: The world after 1989