volunteer

英 [ˌvɒlən'tɪə(r)] 美 [ˌvɑːlən'tɪr]

• n. 志愿者；(自行生长的)植物
• v. (自愿)做

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. ＆ vi. 自动提供,自愿效劳

   offer voluntarily or come forward as a volunteer

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 自愿参加者，志愿者
2. 志愿兵，义勇兵
3. 【律】自愿者
4. 【植】自生植物

v. 动词

1. 自愿服务
2. 当志愿兵
3. 【植】自生自长
4. 自愿（做）
5. 自愿提供，自愿给予

adj. 形容词

1. 自愿的，志愿者的
2. 自愿参加的
3. 【植】自生的

英英释义

Noun:

1. (military) a person who freely enlists for service

2. a person who performs voluntary work

3. a native or resident of Tennessee

Adjective:

1. without payment;

   "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"
   "a volunteer fire department"
   

Verb:

1. tell voluntarily;

   "He volunteered the information"
   

2. agree freely;

   "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"
   "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"
   

3. do volunteer work

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He enlisted as a volunteer in the army.
   他以志愿兵从军。
2. He works as a volunteer at off time.
   在业余时间

用作动词 (v.)

1. He volunteered a statement to the police.
   他自动向警方供出情况。
2. Many people volunteer to work on the farms.
   许多人自动到农场劳动。
3. They volunteer for good causes.
   她们自愿做好事。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. How many of them volunteered?
   他们当中有多少人是自愿效劳的?
2. As soon as the war was declared, many men volunteered.
   一经宣布战争事项,就有很多人报名参军。
3. Many people volunteered in the undertaking.
   很多人自动来参加这项工作。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He volunteered some information.
   他主动提供了一些信息。
2. They volunteered some interesting suggestions.
   他们主动提出一些有趣的建议。
3. My friend volunteered an interesting piece of news.
   我的朋友自动说了一件有趣的消息。
4. Smith volunteered the remark.He wasn't asked for his opinion.
   史密斯主动说了这段话,没有人问他的意见。

S+～+to- v

1. He volunteered to water our plants.
   她主动提出给我们的树木浇水。
2. Lots of people volunteered to give a helping hand.
   许多人自动来帮忙。
3. He volunteered to do whatever he could for them.
   他主动提出,只要能够,他为他们干什么都行。
4. They volunteer to help serve behind the counters.
   他们自动来帮助站柜台。
5. Whenever there was a message to deliver he always volunteered to carry it.
   每当有什么信要送,他总是主动要求去送。
6. He often volunteered to perform in the countryside and in factories and mines.
   他经常自动到农村和工矿演出。
7. She volunteered to take the lead in carrying out the assignment.
   她主动带头执行这项任务。
8. She volunteered to teach in the school.
   她自愿在学校教书。
9. Not wanting to be left at a loose end, the retired worker volunteered to repair shoes for the neighbourhood.
   那位退休工人不愿在家闲着,自愿在街道上帮助补鞋。

引出直接引语

1. “We had a quarrel last night, and she left me,”he volunteered.
   他没等问就说道:“我们昨晚吵架了,随后她就离开了我”。
2. “It's not my car, it's my father's,”she volunteered.
   她自己说:“车子不是我的,是我爸爸的。”

经典引文

• She worked for three days a week as a volunteer.

  出自： C. Angier

• I need four strong volunteers to carry a table.

  出自： A. Fine

• Looking for volunteers willing to undergo simple skin and blood tests.

  出自：Vogue

• He had volunteered, though he was over military age.

  出自： G. Greene

• If they..hadn't volunteered for the trenches in World War I.

  出自： A. Walker

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

volunteer as (v.+prep.)

自愿担任… offer oneself or one's name as (a duty, job, or doing sth)
volunteer as sb
She volunteered as a governess.

她自愿做家庭教师。
He volunteered as correspondent for the war.

他主动要求作报道这次战争的记者。
An old peasant volunteered as guide for the surveying trips.

一个老农自动提出为这次考察活动做向导。

volunteer for (v.+prep.)

(使)自愿承担,主动提出承担,主动提出 (cause to) be willing to do sth
volunteer for sth/v-ing
She volunteered for the job.

她自愿接受此工作。
He volunteered for the campaign.

他自愿参加这次战役。
He always volunteered for the most dangerous missions.

他总是主动要求执行最危险的任务。
They appealed to the young men to volunteer for service.

他们呼吁青年人主动服兵役。
A year or so after he volunteered for the army he was badly wounded in a battle.

他志愿参军约一年后,在一次战斗中负了伤。
When World War Ⅱ broke out, he volunteered for the Marine Corps.

第二次世界大战爆发时,他以志愿军身份参加海军陆战队。
No one volunteered for cleaning the henhouse.

没有人主动去清理鸡舍。 volunteer sb/sth for sth/v-ing
I volunteered your name for parents' game.

我会主动替你报名参加双亲运动会。
I will volunteered my daughters for helping the church sale.

我会使自己的女儿自愿帮助教堂出售东西。

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

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. volunteer的基本意思是“自动提供,自愿效劳”,指自愿做某项工作或自愿尽某种责任。
2. volunteer可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词、代词或动词不定式作宾语,也可以引出直接引语。
3. volunteer用作不及物动词时,其后常跟介词for, in等。

词义辨析

offer，present，propose，volunteer

• 这些动词均含“提出、提供”之意。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• volunteer与offer同义，侧重出于自愿，而不是奉命做某事。

词源解说

• ☆ 1600年左右进入英语，直接源自中古法语的voluntaire；最初源自古典拉丁语的voluntarius，意为主动提出做事的人。

近反义词

【近义词】

• offer 提供
• come forward 涌现
• agree 同意
• step up 增加
• undertake 承担
• give 给
• tell 告诉
• acquaint 使了解
• advise 劝告
• inform 通知
• helper 助手
• candy striper 志愿当护士助手的小姑娘...
• come 来
• forward 向前的
• unpaid 未付款的
• voluntary 自愿的
• Tennessean 田纳西州人
• propose 打算
• present 礼物

【反义词】

• draftee 被征召入伍者...