| 词汇 | volunteering |
| 释义 | volunteering present participle ofvolunteer volunteer verb uk /ˌvɒl.ənˈtɪər/ us /ˌvɑː.lənˈtɪr/ C1[ I or T ] to offer to do something that you do not have to do, often without having been asked to do it and/or without expecting payment: 自愿做;无偿做;作志愿者;主动提出做 [ + to infinitive ]During the emergency many staff volunteered to work through the weekend.紧急时刻，很多员工都自愿周末加班。 He volunteered for the army (= he joined even though he did not have to).他自愿参军。 I volunteered myself for the position of Health and Safety Representative.我自告奋勇担任卫生与安全代表一职。 humorousMy friends volunteered me to do the talking.我的朋友们推举我去讲话。 [ T ] to give information without being asked: 主动提供（信息） If I were you, I wouldn't volunteer any details of what happened.要是我的话，我不会主动说出所发生事情的任何细节。 [ + speech ]"I saw her going out of the main entrance half an hour ago," he volunteered.“我见她在大约半个小时之前从主出入口走了出来。”他主动说道。 You can accuse me of cowardice, but I still wouldn't volunteer to fight in a war. I volunteered to do the washing up. Many women volunteered to work as nurses in the war. Did anybody volunteer to tidy up? They all volunteered to help with the digging. Accepting & agreeing accepting accommodation accreditation agree to something agree with something arrive assent compact conclusion countenance currency formal pre-approved presumed consent ratification ratify re-establish regrant signatory unquestioning You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Saying & uttering Examples of volunteeringvolunteering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Volunteering and depression: the role of psychological and social resources in different age groups. She had returned to her active schedule with friends, and volunteering. Most start by understating the problem of remuneration, some going as far as volunteering for unpaid work. Many researchers have speculated as to why volunteering promotes positive outcomes. The concept of volunteering as a semi-recreational activity for older people which enhances their social participation and well-being sits comfortably with this image. The service demonstrates the positive effects of volunteering for older people, and the value and effectiveness of peer-to-peer communication for vulnerable callers. For those who didn't have serious problems, volunteering appeared to be regarded as health insurance. The costs of volunteering were perceived as time, responsibility, invasion of social life, failure, anxiety, and the duration and intensity of training. This situation is perfectly familiar, and applies not only to religious vocations generally, but to non-religious cases of volunteering, such as for a military mission. Promoting transformative learning enables community volunteering to provide meaningful roles for seniors, and promotes citizenship participation and the social economy in an ageing society. At one end of this spectrum is formal paid employment, and at the other end is unpaid community self-help, mutual aid and volunteering. Almost embarrassingly eager to let us know how much research he has done, he is the theater's ultimate teacher's pet, forever volunteering details. Volunteering, like voting, is another form of social participation. For example, the relatively numerous characters portrayed in volunteering could make older people aware of possible activities for themselves. A similar, though weaker, relationship was shown between volunteering and chronic physical-health problems. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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