volunteer
英 [,v?l?n't??]
美 [,vɑl?n't?r]
- n. 志愿者；志愿兵
- adj. 志愿的
- vi. 自愿
- vt. 自愿
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. Finding a volunteer to write the computer program isn't a problem.
- 找個志愿者編這個計算機程序不成問題。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was a volunteer, she hadn't had to be press-ganged.
- 她是一個志愿者，不一定非是受人迫使的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I will volunteer my daughters for helping the church sale.
- 我會使自己的女兒自愿幫助教堂出售東西.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. She often does volunteer labour during holidays.
- 放假時她常去參加義務勞動.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The Armed Forces could do away with conscription and go over to a volunteer system.
- 軍隊可以廢除強制服兵役制度而采取自愿入伍的形式。
來自柯林斯例句