volunteer

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

vol·un·teer AW [volunteer volunteers volunteered volunteering] noun, verb BrE [ˌvɒlənˈtɪə(r)] NAmE [ˌvɑːlənˈtɪr]
noun
1. a person who does a job without being paid for it
•volunteer helpers
•Schools need volunteers to help children to read.
2. a person who offers to do sth without being forced to do it
•Are there any volunteers to help clear up?
3. a person who chooses to join the armed forces without being forced to join
compare ↑conscript

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (as a noun, with military reference): from French volontaire ‘voluntary’. The change in the ending was due to association with ↑-eer.

Example Bank:
•He worked as a volunteer for Oxfam.
•Hundreds of volunteers have come forward to offer their help.
•The charity is appealing for volunteers to take elderly patients to and from hospital.
•The local community provided volunteers to repair the road.
•The office is staffed by unpaid volunteers.
•The support our volunteers provide cannot be measured in purely practical terms.
•We can't get any volunteers to help in the gardens.
•No volunteers came forward.
•volunteer carers/helpers

 
verb
1. intransitive, transitive to offer to do sth without being forced to do it or without getting paid for it
•~ to do sth Jill volunteered to organize a petition.
•~ (for/as sth) Several staff members volunteered for early retirement.
•~ sth (for/as sth) He volunteered his services as a driver.
2. transitive ~ sth | + speech to suggest sth or tell sb sth without being asked
•to volunteer advice
3. intransitive ~ (for sth) | ~ to do sth to join the army, etc. without being forced to
•to volunteer for military service
4. transitive ~ sb (for/as sth) | ~ sb to do sth to suggest sb for a job or an activity, even though they may not want to do it
•They volunteered me for the job of interpreter.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (as a noun, with military reference): from French volontaire ‘voluntary’. The change in the ending was due to association with ↑-eer.

Example Bank:
•Barbara Forrest has kindly volunteered to lead a guided walk to Bolton Abbey.
•Barbara has kindly volunteered to lead the session.
•David graciously volunteered to model for the art class.
•I volunteered for service in the Air Force.
•We volunteered as witnesses.
•Nobody asked her, and she didn't volunteer any information.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  unpaid, volunteer(a), Tennessean, Volunteer, unpaid worker, military volunteer, voluntary, offer
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  draftee, conscript, inductee