Voluntary

['vɒlənt(ə)rɪ] or ['vɑləntɛri]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance.

(adj.) of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled; 'man is a voluntary agent'; 'participation was voluntary'; 'voluntary manslaughter'; 'voluntary generosity in times of disaster'; 'voluntary social workers'; 'a voluntary confession' .

(adj.) controlled by individual volition; 'voluntary motions'; 'voluntary muscles' .

編輯:兰尼--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.

(v. t.) Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free.

(v. t.) Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.

(v. t.) Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion.

(v. t.) Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent.

(v. t.) Free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration.

(v. t.) Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church.

(n.) One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer.

(n.) A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service.

(n.) One who advocates voluntaryism.

編輯:纳内特

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Spontaneous, free, unforced, unconstrained, without compulsion.[2]. Willing, from inclination.[3]. Designed, intended, intentional, purposed.

休整理

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Deliberate, {[spaaimneous]?}, free, intentional, optional, discretional,unconstrained, willing

ANT:compulsory, coercive, necessitated, involuntary

贾尼斯編輯

解釋/意思:

adj. willing: acting by choice: free: proceeding from the will: subject to the will: done by design or without compulsion: of or pertaining to voluntaryism.—n. one who does anything of his own free-will: a piece of music played at will: an upholder of voluntaryism.—adv. Vol′untarily.—ns. Vol′untariness; Vol′untaryism the system of maintaining the Church by voluntary offerings instead of by the aid of the State as alone consistent with true religious liberty involving freedom from State support patronage or control; Vol′untaryist.—adj. Vol′untātive voluntary.—Voluntary school in England one of a number of elementary schools supported by voluntary subscriptions and in many cases controlled by religious bodies.

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