Volunteer

(noun.) a person who performs voluntary work.

(noun.) (military) a person who freely enlists for service.

(verb.) tell voluntarily; 'He volunteered the information'.

(verb.) do volunteer work.

(verb.) agree freely; 'She volunteered to drive the old lady home'; 'I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it'.

杰西编辑

• Getting another boy with difficulty to volunteer, he launched out on his errand in the pitch-black night. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Margaret's heart ached to see him; yet, as he did not speak, she did not like to volunteer any attempt at comfort. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• However, Mr. Tupman did not volunteer any such accommodation, and the friends walked on, conversing merrily. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Deeming the return dangerous he did not like to order any one to carry it, so he called for a volunteer. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• After the breaking out of the war there was a regiment of volunteer soldiers quartered at Fort Gratiot, the reservation extending to the boundary line of our house. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• No doubt he attributed it for the time to the presumption of a graduate of West Point over a volunteer pure and simple. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• This offer to corrupt us, sir, is with me your credential, and convinces me that you are not a private volunteer in your application. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It was seen that the volunteers of the Mexican war largely composed the pioneers to settle up the Pacific coast country. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• There was no call made when there were not more volunteers than were asked for. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The call was for 75,000 volunteers for ninety days' service. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• All but two of the steamers were commanded by volunteers from the army, and all but one so manned. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Volunteers were called for from the army, men who had had experience in any capacity in navigating the western rivers. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Upton, 121st New York Volunteers; Colonel William McCandless, 2d Pennsylvania Reserves, to be Brigadier-Generals. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The volunteers who followed were of better material, but without drill or discipline at the start. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• How could he refuse to answer when he had volunteered what drew forth the question? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The men had no clothing but what they had volunteered in, and much of this was so worn that it would hardly stay on. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• When they volunteered the government had only called for ninety days' enlistments. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Mr. Skimpole had previously volunteered to go home with us and had withdrawn to dress himself for the purpose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Thuvia volunteered to remain on watch while the balance of the party slept for an hour. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The small number of three volunteered to go; the rest preferred staying behind. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You guess correctly; he has volunteered already. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They felt that this change of period released them from the obligation of re-volunteering. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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