喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a room where someone asks 'who will do this?' and a hand goes up before anyone is picked. Nobody made that person raise it, and nobody is paying them. The whole word lives in that gap between being told and choosing — which is why it also covers offering information nobody asked for, and (jokingly) putting someone else's hand up for them.

可以想成：一個房間裡有人問「這件事誰要做？」，還沒點到名，就有一隻手先舉起來了。沒有人逼他舉，也沒有人付他錢。這個字…更多收起可以想成：一個房間裡有人問「這件事誰要做？」，還沒點到名，就有一隻手先舉起來了。沒有人逼他舉，也沒有人付他錢。這個字整個活在「被指派」和「自己選」之間的那個空隙裡。抓住這一點就懂了：連「沒人問你就自己講出來」也是同一個動作，而開玩笑地替別人舉手，玩的正是這個字本來的意思。

From the picture

自己去從軍

軍隊是「被指派」跟「自己選」對比最明顯的地方：徵兵是被叫去，volunteer 是自己走進去報名。所以同一個字在這裡有專門的用法。

join the military willingly · verb · B2

To offer to join the army, navy, or air force by your own choice.

志願從軍

沒人問就先開口

把「沒人叫你就先舉手」從勞力換成話語或別人的名字：一樣是在沒有人開口要求的情況下，你先把東西送出去了。

give info unasked · verb · B2

To tell someone something without being asked for it.

主動說出

Also in this word

offer to help unpaid · verb · B2

To offer to do something without being asked or paid, often a job others avoid.

自願（做）

unpaid helper · noun · B2

Someone who chooses to do work without being paid, often to help other people.

志工

willing to help · noun · B2

Someone who is willing to offer help when it is needed.

自願幫忙的人

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

volunteernoun/ˌvɒl(ə)nˈtɪə/

  • 1

    One who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.

    • The volunteers at the nature reserve meet up ever other Sunday to help its upkeep.
    • The largest age group for volunteers was 35-44, the CNCS survey said, and volunteers were most likely to be parents with children under 18. The typical volunteer may live in Utah, which ranked first in the percentage of people who said they volunteered among all 50 states and Washington, DC.
  • 2

    governmentmilitarypoliticsOne who enters into military service voluntarily (but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers), as opposed to a conscript.

  • 3

    governmentmilitarypoliticsA voluntary member of the organized militia of a country, as distinguished from a regular or member of the standing army.

    • That summer and fall the Army organized twenty-five regiments of volunteers, including two black regiments, which would have all-black captains and lieutenants. All officers were to be selected from regulars and volunteers who had distinguished themselves[…]
  • 4

    lawA person who acts out of their own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.

  • 5

    agriculturebiologybotanyA plant that grows spontaneously, without being cultivated on purpose; see volunteer plant in Wikipedia.

  • 6

    A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.

volunteerverb/ˌvɒl(ə)nˈtɪə/

  • 1

    To enlist oneself as a volunteer.

  • 2

    To do or offer to do something voluntarily.

    • to volunteer for doing the dishes
    • Miranda: No good. Both routes are blocked. See these doors? The only way past is to get someone to open them from the other side. Shepard: It's not a fortress; there's got to be something. Here, maybe we can send someone in through this ventilation shaft. Jacob: Practically a suicide mission. I volunteer. Miranda: I appreciate the thought, Jacob, but you couldn't shut down the security systems in time. We need to send a tech expert.
  • 3

    To offer, usually unprompted.

    • to volunteer an explanation
  • 4

    informalTo offer the services of (someone else) to do something.

    • My sister volunteered me to do the dishes.
  • 5

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesTo grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。