volunteer

/vɒlənˈtɪər/

意味: ボランティア／志願する

例文: Kai volunteered to help.
　　  カイは助けることに志願した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: volunteer work(ボランティア活動), volunteer service(ボランティアサービス), volunteer organization(ボランティア団体)

定義: 自分の意思で無償で働く人や活動のことです。お金をもらわずに、他の人や社会のために時間や労力を提供します。学校や地域、災害時などでよく見られます。

volunteerは約50,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: (military) a person who freely enlists for service
Noun: a person who performs voluntary work
Noun: a native or resident of Tennessee
Verb: tell voluntarily
Verb: agree freely
Verb: do volunteer work
Adjective: without payment

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She decided to volunteer at the local animal shelter.(彼女は地元の動物シェルターでボランティアをすることにした。)
Many people volunteer to help during natural disasters.(多くの人が自然災害の際にボランティアをする。)
He is a volunteer who teaches children to read.(彼は子供たちに読み方を教えるボランティアだ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: He volunteered the information
Verb: She volunteered to drive the old lady home
Verb: I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it
Adjective: the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers
Adjective: a volunteer fire department

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): Tennessean, Volunteer, military volunteer, offer, unpaid, unpaid worker, voluntary, volunteer

Antonyms(反意語): draftee

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): act, american, inform, serviceman, work, worker

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): acquaint, act on, advise, african-american, air force officer, alabaman, alaskan, alternate, anglo-american, announce, antagonize, anticipate, appalachian, arizonan, arkansan, artilleryman, asian american, assist, assistant, attack, bay stater, beater, beaver, begin, behave, bill poster, bleacher, bluejacket, boatman, boondoggle, bostonian, busy, californian, carolinian, carpenter, carter, caster, charcoal burner, clerk, coact, collaborate, collector, coloradan, comber, come close, come to the fore, commando, condescend, connecticuter, continue, cope, cornhusker, court, create, creole, dally, dare, deal, delawarean, denounce, disabuse, dispatch, do well, draftee, driver, effect, egotrip, electioneer, employable, employee, enlisted person, evade, exert, explain, familiarize, fill in, finish up, finisher, floridian, force, franco-american, freelancer, georgian, german american, get around to, go, go ahead, go off half-cocked, guard, gutter, hanger, hawaiian, idahoan, illinoisan, indianan, indicate, inform, inoculate, instruct, interact, intern, interrupt, introduce, iowan, kansan, kentuckian, lamplighter, lord it over, louisianan, mainer, make a point, make bold, maneuver, marine, marylander, melter, michigander, military officer, minister, minnesotan, misbehave, misinform, mississippian, missourian, montanan, moonlighter, mopper, muzzler, nailer, nark, narrate, nebraskan, nevadan, new englander, new hampshirite, new jerseyan, new mexican, new yorker, nisei, noncombatant, north carolinian, north dakotan, occupier, ohioan, oiler, oklahoman, oregonian, page, part-timer, participate, partner, peeler, pennsylvanian, perform, perpetrate, planter, play, play it by ear, plier, plug away, processor, prompt, prosecute, pruner, puerto rican, pull one’s weight, puller, putter, quarryman, race, ragsorter, rampage, react, reciprocate, regret, remonstrate, repeat, report, reward, rhode islander, rush, satisfice, scab, scrubber, seasonal worker, servant, serve, set about, sheller, shelver, shingler, shoveler, skidder, skilled worker, skimp, skipper, slave, sneak, solderer, south carolinian, south dakotan, southerner, spanish american, specialize, splicer, splitter, stainer, stampede, stemmer, stringer, striper, stripper, surprise, tacker, take, take care, take time by the forelock, tapper, teach, teaser, tell, temp, tennessean, testify, texan, throwster, tier, tiler, toiler, topper, tory, trade unionist, try, twiner, undeceive, understate, update, use, utahan, vermonter, veteran, virginian, volunteer, wait, wallah, warn, washer, washingtonian, west virginian, whore, winder, wiper, wisconsinite, wise up, woo, work, work at, work through, working girl, workmate, wyomingite, yankee

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): candy striper, pledge taker, vigilante

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: offer, voluntary, volunteer

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): er

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anticipation, fear, joy, positive, trust