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
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?volunteers;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?volunteers;過(guò)去式:?volunteered;過(guò)去分詞:?volunteered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?volunteering;
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(yǔ)例句
- 1. Finding a volunteer to write the computer program isn't a problem.
- 找個(gè)志愿者編這個(gè)計(jì)算機(jī)程序不成問(wèn)題。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was a volunteer, she hadn't had to be press-ganged.
- 她是一個(gè)志愿者，不一定非是受人迫使的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. I will volunteer my daughters for helping the church sale.
- 我會(huì)使自己的女兒自愿幫助教堂出售東西.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. She often does volunteer labour during holidays.
- 放假時(shí)她常去參加義務(wù)勞動(dòng).
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)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(duì)可以廢除強(qiáng)制服兵役制度而采取自愿入伍的形式。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句