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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

volunteer

英  [ˌvɒlənˈtɪə]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • volunteers

    1. [C 可数名词] 志愿者

    A volunteer is someone who does work without being paid for it, because they want to do it.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    目前她在当地的一所学校做志愿工作，每周去3天。

    例：

    Volunteers are needed to help visit elderly people's homes.

    需要志愿者到老年人家里探访。

    2. [C 可数名词] 自告奋勇者

    A volunteer is someone who offers to do a particular task or job without being forced to do it.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    对了。我现在需要的就是两个自告奋勇者到前面来。

    3. [C 可数名词] 志愿兵

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    They fought as volunteers with the Afghan guerrillas.

    他们作为志愿兵与阿富汗游击队并肩作战。

    VERB. 动词

  • volunteers , volunteering , volunteered

    1. [I 不及物动词] 主动要求做

    If you volunteer to do something, you offer to do it without being forced to do it.

    双语例句

    例：

    Aunt Mary volunteered to clean up the kitchen.

    玛丽姨妈主动要求打扫厨房。

    例：

    He volunteered for the army in 1939.

    他于1939年自愿参军。

    例：

    The majority of people will volunteer for early retirement if the financial terms are acceptable.

    如果经济待遇合适，大多数人会自愿提前退休。

    例：

    She volunteered as a nurse in a soldiers' rest-home.

    她自告奋勇到士兵疗养院当护士。

    2. [T 及物动词] 主动提供（信息）

    If you volunteer information, you tell someone something without being asked.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    房间里寂静无声，没人主动提供进一步的线索。

    例：

    'They were both great supporters of Franco,' Ryle volunteered.

    “他们俩都是佛朗哥的忠实支持者，”赖尔主动说道。

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