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单词 volunteer
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
vol•un•teer /ˌvɑlənˈtɪr/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking, or who performs a service willingly and without pay.
  2. Militarya person who enters military service voluntarily.

adj. 
  1. made of or performed by volunteers:a volunteer army.

v. 
  1. to offer oneself for some service or undertaking: [no object]eager to volunteer.[+ oneself]He volunteered himself for the mission.[~  + to + verb]He volunteered to write the report.
  2. Military to enlist as a volunteer:[no object]volunteered for combat.
  3. to say, tell, or communicate (something) freely or willingly:[+ object]to volunteer an explanation.
See -vol-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
vol•un•teer  (vol′ən tēr),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking.
  2. a person who performs a service willingly and without pay.
  3. Militarya person who enters the service voluntarily rather than through conscription or draft, esp. for special or temporary service rather than as a member of the regular or permanent army.
  4. Lawmaking
    • a person whose actions are not founded on any legal obligation so to act.
    • a person who intrudes into a matter that does not concern him or her, as a person who pays the debt of another where he or she is neither legally nor morally bound to do so and has no interest to protect in making the payment.
  5. Agriculturea volunteer plant.
  6. (cap.) a native or inhabitant of Tennessee (used as a nickname).

adj. 
  1. of, pertaining to, or being a volunteer or volunteers:a volunteer fireman.
  2. Agriculturegrowing without being seeded, planted, or cultivated by a person;
    springing up spontaneously.

v.i. 
  1. to offer oneself for some service or undertaking.
  2. Militaryto enter service or enlist as a volunteer.

v.t. 
  1. to offer (oneself or one's services) for some undertaking or purpose.
  2. to give, bestow, or perform voluntarily:to volunteer a song.
  3. to say, tell, or communicate voluntarily:to volunteer an explanation.
  • Latin voluntārius voluntary, with -eer for French -aire
  • French volontaire
  • 1590–1600

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
volunteer /ˌvɒlənˈtɪə/ n
  1. a person who performs or offers to perform voluntary service
  2. (as modifier): a volunteer system, volunteer advice
  3. a person who freely undertakes military service, esp temporary or special service
  4. a plant that grows from seed that has not been deliberately sown
  5. (as modifier): a volunteer plant
vb
  1. to offer (oneself or one's services) for an undertaking by choice and without request or obligation
  2. (transitive) to perform, give, or communicate voluntarily: to volunteer help, to volunteer a speech
  3. (intransitive) to enlist voluntarily for military service
Etymology: 17th Century: from French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius willing; see voluntary
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