| 单词 | involuntarily |
| 释义 | involuntarily (once / 829 pages) adv When you do something involuntarily, you do it despite not wanting to. You might involuntarily start to giggle during your cousin's Star Wars-themed wedding ceremony. Use the adverb involuntarily to describe things that are done against your will or without your control. You'll involuntarily take a swim if your brother pushes you in the deep end of a pool; when you have a twitch in your eye, you blink involuntarily. In either case, the word involuntarily combines the Latin prefix in, "not or opposite of" with voluntarius, "of one's free will." WORD FAMILYinvoluntary: involuntarily, involuntariness+/nonvoluntary: nonvoluntarily/voluntary: involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary, voluntaries, voluntarily, voluntaryly/volunteer: voluntary, volunteered, volunteering, volunteers USAGE EXAMPLESThe statement concluded, “I am hoping to undo the injustice that I was unfortunately and involuntarily a part of.” New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) The corruption of the gene leads to what doctors call dystonia, when muscles contract involuntarily. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) Nearly a half-century ago, in 1967, the court also ruled that citizens cannot be deprived of their citizenship involuntarily. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) adv against your will he was involuntarily held against his will Ant voluntarily out of your own free will |
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