volunteers

英 [ˌvɒlənˈtɪəz]

美 [ˌvɑːlənˈtɪrz]

n.  义务工作者; 志愿者; 自告奋勇者; 主动做某事的人; 志愿兵; 义勇兵
v.  自愿做; 义务做; 无偿做; 主动建议(或告诉); 自愿参军; 当志愿兵
volunteer的第三人称单数和复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 志愿者;义务工作者;义工
  Avolunteeris someone who does work without being paid for it, because they want to do it.
  1. She now helps in a local school as a volunteer three days a week...
     目前她在当地的一家学校做志愿工作，一周去3天。
  2. Mike was a member of the local volunteer fire brigade.
     迈克是当地消防队的一名志愿消防员。
• N-COUNT 自告奋勇者;主动做事者
  Avolunteeris someone who offers to do a particular task or job without being forced to do it.
  1. Right. What I want now is two volunteers to come down to the front...
     好了，现在我需要两个自告奋勇的人到前面来。
  2. Any volunteers?
     有没有人自告奋勇？
• VERB 自告奋勇;主动要求
  If youvolunteer todo something, you offer to do it without being forced to do it.
  1. Aunt Mary volunteered to clean up the kitchen...
     玛丽阿姨主动要求清扫厨房。
  2. He volunteered for the army in 1939...
     1939年他志愿参军。
  3. She volunteered as a nurse in a soldiers' rest-home...
     她自告奋勇到士兵疗养院当护士。
  4. He's volunteered his services as a chauffeur.
     他主动提出当司机。
• VERB 主动提供（信息）
  If youvolunteerinformation, you tell someone something without being asked.
  1. The room was quiet; no one volunteered any further information...
     房间很安静，无人主动提供更多的信息。
  2. 'They were both great supporters of Franco,' Ryle volunteered...
     “他们都是佛朗哥的忠实支持者，”赖尔主动说道。
  3. The next week, Phillida volunteered that they were getting on better.
     第二周，菲莉达主动说他们相处得好些了。
• N-COUNT 志愿兵;义勇军
  Avolunteeris someone who chooses to join the armed forces, especially during a war, as opposed to someone who is forced to join by law.
  1. They fought as volunteers with the Afghan guerrillas...
     他们作为志愿军和阿富汗的游击队员并肩作战。
  2. Victory in the civil war had been achieved by a mainly volunteer army.
     一支主要由志愿军组成的队伍取得了内战的胜利。

双语例句

• The unpaid volunteers do the work because they love it.
  这些义务工作的志愿者是因为他们喜欢这个工作才做的。
• Volunteers came from far and wide
  志愿者来自四面八方。
• They are staffed by volunteers
  它们的工作人员都是志愿者。
• He helped to recruit volunteers to go to Pakistan to fight.
  他协助招募志愿者到巴基斯坦打仗。
• Distribution of the food is going ahead using a network of local church people and other volunteers
  食品正通过当地教会人士和其他志愿者形成的网络分发下去。
• He would need all his authority to keep the weak-kneed volunteers from bolting.
  他需要动用所有的职权防止那些胆小的志愿兵逃跑。
• Right. What I want now is two volunteers to come down to the front
  好了，现在我需要两个自告奋勇的人到前面来。
• They fought as volunteers with the Afghan guerrillas
  他们作为志愿军和阿富汗的游击队员并肩作战。
• Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure
  寻找平民志愿者的种种尝试都遭遇了令人难堪的失败。
• Volunteers receive £ 21 pocket money each week, accommodation and expenses.
  志愿者每周领到21英镑的零用钱，免费住宿，还得到一笔生活费。