- 1r/ˌvɑːlənˈterəli/ · /ˈvɒləntərəli/by your own choice自願地
If you do something voluntarily, you choose to do it yourself, and nobody forces you, orders you, or makes you do it.
「voluntarily」的重點是「沒有人逼你」——它幾乎都用在別人可能以為你是被迫的場合，例如辭職、認錯、退回商品。所以聽到 She left voluntarily，說話的人其實是在否認「她被開除」。跟 happily（開心地）不同：自願做的事也可能很不情願、很痛苦。
示範例句 · Example
She wasn't fired and nobody asked her to go — she left voluntarily.
中文翻譯她沒有被開除，也沒有人要求她走——她是自願離開的。
常見搭配
leave / resign voluntarily
自願離職
to go from a job because you decided to, not because you were made to
Twelve staff left voluntarily before the changes began.
voluntarily recall a product
主動召回產品
for a company to take back goods it sold, without being ordered to
The maker voluntarily recalled the bottles last week.
do something voluntarily
自己選擇去做某事
to do something because you chose to
Some drivers slow down there voluntarily.
come forward voluntarily
主動出面
to offer information or help without being asked
Two witnesses came forward voluntarily.
意思相反
forciblyreluctantlyunwillingly
- 2r/ˌvɑːlənˈterəli/ · /ˈvɒləntərəli/without pay (as a volunteer)義務地（無償）
If you work somewhere voluntarily, you do the work because you want to and you are not paid for it.
這個用法幾乎都跟 work、help、teach 這類動詞一起出現，重點在「沒有領錢」。所以 work voluntarily 就是中文的「做義工」；如果只是想說「自己要做的」而人家其實有付錢，那是第一個意思，不是這個。
常見搭配
work voluntarily
做義工、無給職工作
to do a job without being paid
She worked voluntarily at the clinic for six months.
help out voluntarily
義務幫忙
to give unpaid help, usually now and then
Parents help out voluntarily at the school fair.
serve voluntarily on a committee
義務擔任委員
to be an unpaid member of an official group
He served voluntarily on the town committee for eight years.
意思相近
unpaidwithout payas a volunteer
意思相反