volunteer

volunteer

volunteer: [17] Volunteer comes via French volontaire from Latin voluntārius, a noun use of the adjective which gave English voluntary [14]. This was derived from the noun voluntās ‘will, free will’, which itself was based on volō ‘I will’ (source also of English volition).
=> volition

volunteer (n.)

c. 1600, "one who offers himself for military service," from Middle French voluntaire, "one who volunteers," also as an adjective, "voluntary," from Latin voluntarius "voluntary, of one's free will," as a plural noun "volunteers" (see voluntary). Non-military sense is first recorded 1630s. As an adjective from 1640s. Tennessee has been the Volunteer State since the Mexican War, when a call for 2,800 volunteers brought out 30,000 men.

volunteer (v.)

1755, from volunteer (n.). Related: Volunteered; volunteering (1690s as a verbal noun).

1. Finding a volunteer to write the computer program isn't a problem.

找个志愿者编这个计算机程序不成问题。

2. She was a volunteer, she hadn't had to be press-ganged.

她是一个志愿者，不一定非是受人迫使的。

3. I will volunteer my daughters for helping the church sale.

我会使自己的女儿自愿帮助教堂出售东西.

4. She often does volunteer labour during holidays.

放假时她常去参加义务劳动.

5. The Armed Forces could do away with conscription and go over to a volunteer system.

军队可以废除强制服兵役制度而采取自愿入伍的形式。

【equip, furnish, present, provide, volunteer, propose, supply, offer, afford】
equip: 侧重提供与技术有关的装备或设备等
furnish: 多指添置家具等供给生活的必需品或为生活舒适提供所需的服务设施
present: 既可指提出意见建议等，又可指拿出某物供人欣赏或赠送
provide: 与supply近义，但强调人的深谋远虑，侧重用贮备等方法作充分准备
volunteer: 侧重出于自愿，而不是奉命做某事
propose: 指直接而主动地提出问题或建议等，也指在讨论或争辩中提出具体意见或建议
supply: 普通用词，指提供任何所需求的东西
offer: 多指主动提出或提供意见或东西等，但是否接受由对方自行决定
afford: 一般只用于对抽象事物提供，也可指经济能力上的供给或支付