volunteer

英式音标：[ˌvɒlənˈtɪə(r)]

美式音标：[ˌvɑlənˈtɪr]

词语分类：CET4,TEM4,IELTS,考研,TOEFL,CET6

词汇分类：《绯闻女孩》第一季（逐集添加）,辛德勒的名单 Schindlers List,十二只猴子 第二季,Billions 亿万_财富之战 Season1&2,《乱世佳人》,《绝望的主妇》(Desperate Housewives) 全八季词频大全

概况：

n. 志愿者；志愿兵

adj. 志愿的

vi. 自愿

vt. 自愿

词义：

n.

志愿者，志愿兵；[军]义勇军；[植]自生植物；[林]先锋树种

adj.

自愿的，志愿的；

vt.&vi.

自愿去做；当志愿兵[义勇军]；

vi.

志愿，义务服务；

vt.

志愿提供；

变形

复数：volunteers过去式：volunteered过去分词：volunteered现在分词：volunteering第三人称单数：volunteers

双语释义

v.(动词)

vt. ＆ vi. 自动提供,自愿效劳 offer voluntarily or come forward as a volunteer

英英释义

volunteer[ ,vɔlən'tiə ]

n.

(military) a person who freely enlists for service

同义词：military volunteervoluntary

a person who performs voluntary work

同义词：unpaid worker

a native or resident of Tennessee

同义词：Tennessean

v.

tell voluntarily

"He volunteered the information"

agree freely

"She volunteered to drive the old lady home"

同义词：offer

do volunteer work

adj.without payment

"a volunteer fire department"

同义词：unpaid

用法：

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

volunteer some information主动提供一些信息

volunteer suggestion主动提出建议

～+介词

volunteer as special correspondent自告奋勇当特派记者

volunteer for service自愿服兵役

volunteer for the work自愿做这工作

词组短语

volunteer services义工服务；志工服务台

同近义词辨析

present, volunteer, propose, offer

这组词都有“提出，提供”的意思，其区别是：

present既可指提出意见建议等，又可指拿出某物供人欣赏或赠送。

volunteer与offer同义，侧重出于自愿，而不是寿命做某事。

propose指直接而主动地提出问题或建议等，也指在讨论或争辨中提出具体意见或建议。

offer最普通用词，多指主动提出或提供意见或东西等，但是否接受由对方自行决定。

equip, furnish, present, provide, volunteer, propose, supply, offer, afford

equip侧重提供与技术有关的装备或设备等

furnish多指添置家具等供给生活的必需品或为生活舒适提供所需的服务设施

present既可指提出意见建议等，又可指拿出某物供人欣赏或赠送

provide与supply近义，但强调人的深谋远虑，侧重用贮备等方法作充分准备

volunteer侧重出于自愿，而不是奉命做某事

propose指直接而主动地提出问题或建议等，也指在讨论或争辩中提出具体意见或建议

supply普通用词，指提供任何所需求的东西

offer多指主动提出或提供意见或东西等，但是否接受由对方自行决定

afford一般只用于对抽象事物提供，也可指经济能力上的供给或支付

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

He enlisted as a volunteer in the army.
他以志愿兵从军。

He works as a volunteer at off time.
在业余时间

用作动词(v.)

He volunteered a statement to the police.
他自动向警方供出情况。

Many people volunteer to work on the farms.
许多人自动到农场劳动。

They volunteer for good causes.
她们自愿做好事。

权威例句

Volunteer work and well-being.

The Motivations to Volunteer Theoretical and Practical Considerations

Sequencing solution: use volunteer annotators organized via Internet

Who Cares? Toward an Integrated Theory of Volunteer Work

Why Do Firms Volunteer to Exceed Environmental Regulations? Understanding Participation in EPA's 33/50 Program

Evidence of a Healthy Volunteer Effect in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial

Time lines of infection and disease in human influenza: a review of volunteer challenge studies.

Bone-marrow transplantation for severe aplastic anaemia using histocompatible unrelated volunteer donors.

CKD and cardiovascular disease in screened high-risk volunteer and general populations: the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) a...

Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia using sibling and volunteer unrelated donors. A comparison of co...

同根词：voluntary

英语词源：

volunteer

volunteer: [17] Volunteer comes via French volontaire from Latin voluntārius, a noun use of the adjective which gave English voluntary [14]. This was derived from the noun voluntās ‘will, free will’, which itself was based on volō ‘I will’ (source also of English volition).=> volition

volunteer (n.)

c. 1600, "one who offers himself for military service," from Middle French voluntaire, "one who volunteers," also as an adjective, "voluntary," from Latin voluntarius "voluntary, of one's free will," as a plural noun "volunteers" (see voluntary). Non-military sense is first recorded 1630s. As an adjective from 1640s. Tennessee has been the Volunteer State since the Mexican War, when a call for 2,800 volunteers brought out 30,000 men.

volunteer (v.)

1755, from volunteer (n.). Related: Volunteered; volunteering (1690s as a verbal noun).

造句：

1. She often does volunteer labour during holidays.

放假时她常去参加义务劳动。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. "Rejoicing over the decision, the peasants rushed to volunteer for the work."

农民对这决定感到兴高采烈，跑去自愿参加这项工程。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. That man is a volunteer fireman in this town.

那个人是这个镇里的志愿消防队员。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. She herself was a volunteer for other diabetics.

她自己曾担任志愿工作人员，为其他糖尿病患者服务。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. I’ve been doing volunteer work for a community center in order to gain experience．

我在一家社区中心从事志愿服务，以获取经验。

-- 来源 -- OralEnglish

6. Charlie Hill pitched in to help with the worst volunteer work of all-searching for bodies.

查理·希尔参加了最艰巨的志愿工作--搜寻尸体。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. They volunteer to help serve behind the counters.

他们自动来帮助站柜台。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. A list of these items and a volunteer form

这些物品的清单和义工申请表格

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. a volunteer in a contest

自愿报名参加比赛者

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

10. If you ask a good shop clerk for help locating an item, he will not only answer the question, but also volunteer useful collateral information; for example, the fact that a more expensive, higher-quality item than the one you requested is currently on sale for a similar price.

如果向商店服务员询问在哪里可以找到某件商品，我们希望他不仅回答我们的问题，还能义务向我们提供一些其他有用的信息，比如花差不多的价格可以买到某种更高质量且更好的商品。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓