That means you can give someone advice but you cannot force him to do something he does not want to do.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

Because the servant had not been willing to spend the only talent that he had been given, the master instructs him to give his one and only talent to the man who now has ten.

因为这个仆人不愿意适用他获得的唯一,的金币，主人命令他把这个,唯一的金币给了那个已经有十个金币的人。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

this court is attributed to him, not 100% sure it's his-- said, "I would not give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, " but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity."

这个报告厅就是他捐建的，但不能完全确定是他所有的--说过，“我不会认为与复杂性一致的简单性是微不足道的，但我会把我的一生用来研究与复杂性相对的简单性“

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

He explained that he wished to talk with Major Anderson, not to give him orders, but to find out what the situation really was.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

And he will not marry me unless I give him the two thousand dollars.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

A statement from the U.S.Embassy in Bishkek says it will not give shelter to the president nor help him leave the country.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Chief Justice Wayne Martin ruled staff would not be criminally responsible if they adhered to the quadraplegic's wishes and did not treat him or give him food and liquids.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

The admiral says the situation in Iraq seemed impossible to resolve a few years ago, and,although the two countries are very different,and progress in Iraq is not a guarantee of progress in Afghanistan, it does give him reason to be hopeful about Afghanistan - even during the current period of heavy violence and at best,slow progress.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22