英単語

volunteerの意味・使い方・発音

volunteer

英 [,vɒlən'tɪə] 美 [,vɑlən'tɪr]
  • n. ボランティア; 志願兵
  • adj.
  • vi.
  • vt.

英語の語源


volunteer
volunteer: [17] Volunteer comes via French volontaire from Latin voluntārius, a noun use of the adjective which gave English voluntary [14]. This was derived from the noun voluntās ‘will, free will’, which itself was based on volō ‘I will’ (source also of English volition).
=> volition
volunteer (n.)
c. 1600, "one who offers himself for military service," from Middle French voluntaire, "one who volunteers," also as an adjective, "voluntary," from Latin voluntarius "voluntary, of one's free will," as a plural noun "volunteers" (see voluntary). Non-military sense is first recorded 1630s. As an adjective from 1640s. Tennessee has been the Volunteer State since the Mexican War, when a call for 2,800 volunteers brought out 30,000 men.
volunteer (v.)
1755, from volunteer (n.). Related: Volunteered; volunteering (1690s as a verbal noun).

例文


1. Finding a volunteer to write the computer program isn 't a problem.
このコンピュータプログラムを作成するボランティアを探しても問題ありません。

2.She was a volunteer ,she hadn 't had to be press-ganged.
彼女はボランティアで、必ずしも人に強制されたわけではない。

3.I will volunteer my daughters for helping the church sale.
私は自分の娘に教会の販売を自発的に手伝わせる。

4.She often does volunteer labour during holidays.
休みには義務労働によく参加していた。

5.The Armed Forces could do away with conscription and go over to a volunteer system.
軍隊は強制兵役制度を廃止して志願入隊することができる。

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