volunteer用法详解

volunteer

【点拨】volunteer既可以作名词，表示“志愿者”；也可以作动词，表示“自愿做；无偿做”等含义。

【看例句知用法】

[Part 1]

They are retired and working in the organisation as volunteers.

他们已经退休了，在那个组织里做志愿者。

As a volunteer with the Little Village Environmental Protection Organisation, she went door to door talking about the dangers of pollution.

作为“小村庄环境保护组织”的志愿者，她挨家挨户地给人们讲污染的危险性。

He worked as a volunteer teacher in this school to help the poor children.

他在这所学校任志愿教师，以帮助这些穷困的孩子。

[小结] 此部分列举的例句体现的是volunteer作名词时的用法：

volunteer是可数名词。表示是某个组织的志愿者时，通常使用“a volunteer _________ +组织名称”结构。volunteer可以与一些名词连用，又如volunteer firefighters, volunteer guides 等等。

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[Part 2]

He was always the first to volunteer for such tasks.

他总是第一个自愿做这样的任务。

She worked in a restaurant and also volunteered for teaching dance classes at night.

她在一家餐厅工作，也在晚上自愿教授舞蹈课程。

Over thirty thousand people have volunteered to help out.

超过三万人自愿进行了帮助。

My brother volunteered to play the guitar and sing a song at the school party.

我弟弟自愿在学校晚会上弹吉他、唱歌。

[小结] 此部分列举的例句体现的是volunteer作动词时的用法：

volunteer的常用搭配有：

volunteer _______ sth / doing sth 表示“志愿/自动申请某事；志愿/自动申请做某事”。volunteer to do sth 表示“自愿/义务/无偿做某事”。

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【拓展】voluntary是其形容词形式。

【即学即练】补全句子，每空一词。

他年轻的时候，自愿在最贫穷的地方工作。

1) He _______ _______ ________ in the poorest area when he was young.

2) He _______ _______ ________ in the poorest area when he was young.