will-power

基本解释

You might think that the best way to succeed is to have really strong will-power – but that’s not generally true.
你可能会想，成功最好的途径是有着真正强烈的意志力。但是，这通常不是真的。
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.
在接下来的日子里，你意识到是时候改变了，你用前所未有的意志力去实行一份新的饮食计划和跑步路线。
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，如果你正在节食，试着记一本食物日记——它可以使你对这件事情更加负责任，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.
他们无法想象,他们根本想象不出,下次危机爆发是什么样,所以危机发生时他们措手不及
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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