volunteer

美 [ˌvɑːlənˈtɪr]英 [ˌvɒlənˈtɪə(r)]
  • n.志愿者;志愿兵;义务工作者;自告奋勇者;义勇兵;主动做某事的人
  • v.当志愿兵;自愿做;自愿参军;义务做;主动建议(或告诉);无偿做;举荐
  • adj.志愿的;志愿兵的;自动的;自生的

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

volunt- 意愿,志愿 + -eer ...人员

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noun

1

义务工作者;志愿者
a person who does a job without being paid for it

volunteer helpers

无偿援助者

Schools need volunteers to help children to read.

学校需要义务工作者帮助儿童阅读。

2

自告奋勇者;主动做某事的人
a person who offers to do sth without being forced to do it

Are there any volunteers to help clear up?

有自愿帮助清扫的人吗?

3

志愿兵;义勇兵
a person who chooses to join the armed forces without being forced to join

verb

1

自愿做;义务做;无偿做
to offer to do sth without being forced to do it or without getting paid for it

Jill volunteered to organize a petition.

吉尔自告奋勇组织请愿。

Several staff members volunteered for early retirement.

几位职员自愿提前退休。

He volunteered his services as a driver.

他自愿服务充当司机。

2

主动建议(或告诉)
to suggest sth or tell sb sth without being asked

to volunteer advice

主动提出忠告

3

自愿参军;当志愿兵
to join the army, etc. without being forced to

to volunteer for military service

自愿服兵役

4

(未经当事人同意)举荐
to suggest sb for a job or an activity, even though they may not want to do it

They volunteered me for the job of interpreter.

他们擅自指定由我担任口头翻译。

volunteer

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 志愿者;义务工作者;义工
    A volunteer is someone who does work without being paid for it, because they want to do it.

    She now helps in a local school as a volunteer three days a week...

    目前她在当地的一家学校做志愿工作,一周去3天。

  • 2
    N-COUNT 自告奋勇者;主动做事者
    A volunteer is someone who offers to do a particular task or job without being forced to do it.

    Right. What I want now is two volunteers to come down to the front...

    好了,现在我需要两个自告奋勇的人到前面来。

  • 3
    VERB 自告奋勇;主动要求
    If you volunteer to do something, you offer to do it without being forced to do it.

    Aunt Mary volunteered to clean up the kitchen...

    玛丽阿姨主动要求清扫厨房。

  • 4
    VERB 主动提供(信息)
    If you volunteer information, you tell someone something without being asked.

    The room was quiet; no one volunteered any further information...

    房间很安静,无人主动提供更多的信息。

  • 5
    N-COUNT 志愿兵;义勇军
    A volunteer is someone who chooses to join the armed forces, especially during a war, as opposed to someone who is forced to join by law.

    They fought as volunteers with the Afghan guerrillas...

    他们作为志愿军和阿富汗的游击队员并肩作战。

noun

1
a person who performs voluntary work
Synonym: unpaid worker
2
(military) a person who freely enlists for service
Synonym: military volunteer voluntary

verb

1
tell voluntarily
He volunteered the information
2
do volunteer work
3
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
Synonym: offer

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  1. Finding a volunteer to write the computer program isn 't a problem

    找个志愿者编这个计算机程序不成问题。

  2. She was a volunteer , she hadn 't had to be press-ganged .

    她是一个志愿者,不一定非是受人迫使的。

  3. Schools need volunteers to help children to read .

    学校需要义务工作者帮助儿童阅读。

  4. Local schools supply many of the volunteers .

    许多志愿者来自当地学校。

  5. Are there any volunteers to help clear up ?

    有自愿帮助清扫的人吗?

  6. Volunteers learn a lot and enjoy themselves into the bargain .

    志愿者在学到很多东西的同时还能得到乐趣。

  7. Volunteers formed a human chain to rescue precious items from the burning house .

    志愿者排成一条长龙,从着火的房子里手传手把贵重物品抢救出来。

  8. Volunteers were ready and waiting to pack the food in boxes .

    志愿者已经准备完毕,等着将食物装箱。

  9. Several staff members volunteered for early retirement .

    几位职员自愿提前退休。

  10. The telephones are manned 24 hours a day by volunteers .

    每天24小时都有志愿者接听电话。

  11. There was no lack of volunteers .

    志愿者不乏其人。

  12. He volunteered his services as a driver .

    他自愿服务充当司机。

  13. We managed to scrape together eight volunteers .

    我们好不容易凑齐八名志愿者。

  14. We are looking for more volunteers to swell the ranks of those already helping .

    我们期盼有更多的志愿者加入,以壮大目前已在提供帮助的队伍。

  15. The advice centre is staffed entirely by volunteers .

    在咨询中心工作的全部是志愿者。

  16. We were ably assisted by a team of volunteers .

    我们得到一批志愿者的大力协助。

  17. They volunteered me for the job of interpreter .

    他们擅自指定由我担任口头翻译。

  18. Jill volunteered to organize a petition .

    吉尔自告奋勇组织请愿。

  19. The room was quiet ; no one volunteered any further information

    房间很安静,无人主动提供更多的信息。

  20. Volunteers from all walks of life are feeling put upon .

    来自各行各业的志愿者们感到被欺骗了。

  21. Right . What I want now is two volunteers to come down to the front

    好了,现在我需要两个自告奋勇的人到前面来。

  22. She now helps in a local school as a volunteer three days a week

    目前她在当地的一家学校做志愿工作,一周去3天。

  23. Volunteers constitute more than 95 % of The Center 's work force .

    该中心95%以上的工作人员是志愿者。

  24. The unpaid volunteers do the work because they love it .

    这些义务工作的志愿者是因为他们喜欢这个工作才做的。

  25. Distribution of the food is going ahead using a network of local church people and other volunteers

    食品正通过当地教会人士和其他志愿者形成的网络分发下去。

  26. Since 1976 he has been operating the shop with the assistance of volunteers

    从1976年开始,他就在志愿者的帮助下经营这个店。

  27. Victory in the civil war had been achieved by a mainly volunteer army .

    一支主要由志愿军组成的队伍取得了内战的胜利。

  28. Mike was a member of the local volunteer fire brigade .

    迈克是当地消防队的一名志愿消防员。

  29. The volunteers kept a record of everything they ate for a week .

    志愿者记录下他们一周所吃的所有食物。

  30. Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure

    寻找平民志愿者的种种尝试都遭遇了令人难堪的失败。

后缀
e-...人员

engineer n. 工程师

engin(e) 引擎 + -eer ...人员

pioneer n. 先锋,先驱,带头人

ped- 脚 + -eer ...人员

career n. 生涯

car- 跑 + -eer ...人员

  • 词语搭配

volunteer与以下词性连用

n.

community volunteer

社区志愿者

Red Cross volunteer

红十字会志愿者

volunteer organization

志愿者组织

volunteer programme

志愿者项目

volunteer work

志愿者工作

volunteer for the army

志愿参军

volunteer for service

主动提供服务

volunteer information

主动提供信息

v.

need a volunteer

需要志愿者/志愿兵

volunteer to help

主动提供帮助

volunteer to work

主动工作