释义 |
volunteer /vol-ən-tērˈ/ noun- A person who offers to do something voluntarily
- A person who enters military service, of his or her own free choice
- A soldier belonging to any body other than the regular army
- Someone who acts of his or her own free will, esp (law) in a transaction, without either legal obligation to do so or promise of remuneration
- A person to whom property is transferred without their giving valuable consideration (law)
adjective- Consisting of or relating to volunteers
- Giving voluntary service
- Given voluntarily
- (of a plant or plants) growing spontaneously, from seed not deliberately sown
transitive verb- To offer voluntarily to give, supply or perform
- To give (information) unasked
- To assign (a person, etc) to a task without consultation (informal)
intransitive verb- To offer to do something of one's own free will or without being asked
- To enter military service voluntarily
ORIGIN: Fr volontaire, from L voluntārius volunteerˈism noun (US) The use of volunteers in educational and social work in a community |