voluntary

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/    美 /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/|/ˈvɔl.ən.tɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.
  2. A volunteer.
  3. A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist.
形容词 adj.
  1. Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
    — September 10, 1828, Nathaniel William Taylor, Sermon delivered in the Chapel of Yale College That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy.
  2. Done by design or intention; intentional.
    — If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
  3. Working or done without payment.
    — Wikimedia is a voluntary service.
  4. Endowed with the power of willing.
    — […] God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary agent, intending before-hand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him.
  5. Of or relating to voluntarism.
    — a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church
副词 adv.
  1. Voluntarily. obsolete
    — And all that els was pretious and deare, / The sea unto him voluntary brings [...].

词形变化

more voluntary comparative most voluntary superlative more voluntary comparative most voluntary superlative voluntaries plural

词汇关系

近义词
discretionary optional volitional willful intentional
反义词
antonym(s) of compulsory obligatory accidental paid salaried
衍生词
individual voluntary arrangement voluntarily voluntary agent voluntary aided school voluntary controlled school voluntary jurisdiction voluntary manslaughter voluntary movement voluntary muscle voluntary waste voluntary work volun-told
相关词
voluntarism voluntarist

词源

词源 1
From Middle English voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, of free will”), from voluntās (“will, choice, desire”), from volēns, present participle of volo (“to will”). Displaced native Old English selfwille (literally “self-willed”).
词源 2
From Middle English voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, of free will”), from voluntās (“will, choice, desire”), from volēns, present participle of volo (“to will”). Displaced native Old English selfwille (literally “self-willed”).
词源 3
From Middle English voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, of free will”), from voluntās (“will, choice, desire”), from volēns, present participle of volo (“to will”). Displaced native Old English selfwille (literally “self-willed”).
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