| 单词 | voluntarily |
| 释义 | voluntarily (once / 862 pages) adv Use the adverb voluntarily to describe something you do willingly. For example, you might voluntarily stay home and babysit your little brother if the alternative is a trip to the grocery store. People do things voluntarily when they are completely willing to do them, not forced or enticed by anyone else. Kids tend to eat candy voluntarily, ride their bikes with their friends voluntarily, and watch their favorite shows on TV voluntarily. It's easy to see the connection with the verb to volunteer, and both words are rooted in the Latin root voluntarius, "of one's free will." WORD FAMILYvoluntary: involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary, voluntaries, voluntarily, voluntaryly+/involuntary: involuntarily, involuntariness/nonvoluntary: nonvoluntarily/volunteer: voluntary, volunteered, volunteering, volunteers USAGE EXAMPLESIt added there is a chance Chung, an equestrian competitor who trained in Germany, may choose to return to South Korea voluntarily. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) And — perhaps most inexplicable of all — there was 2007, when millions of people voluntarily installed Windows Vista. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Soon after the game ended, they voluntarily climbed up and peacefully left the perch. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) adv out of your own free will he voluntarily submitted to the fingerprinting Ant involuntarily against your will |
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