English Dictionary

voluntary

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈvɒ.lən.tɹi/

形容詞

Done, given, or acting of one's own free will. / Done by design or intention; intentional. / Working or done without payment. / Endowed with the power of willing. / Of or relating to voluntarism.

日本語の意味

自分の自由意志によって行われる、与えられる、または行動すること。 / 意図的、計画的に行われること。 / 報酬なしで働く、または行われること。 / 意志の力を備えている、意思を持つ。 / 自発主義に関連する、もしくはそれに基づくこと。

Her decision to donate her savings was entirely voluntary and came from a desire to help others.

彼女が貯金を寄付するという決断は完全に自発的で、他人を助けたいという思いからでした。

意味（1）

Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.

That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy.

意味（2）

Done by design or intention; intentional.

If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.

意味（3）

Working or done without payment.

意味（4）

Endowed with the power of willing.

[…] God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary agent, intending before-hand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him.

意味（5）

Of or relating to voluntarism.

a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church

more voluntary （ comparative ）

most voluntary （ superlative ）