adj (1)志(自)愿的，主动的(arising from one's own free will)：a～service 自愿服务;make a～statement 自动陈述;(charities) rely on～donations/contributions(慈善事业)依靠自愿捐款/捐助;a～admission of guilt/decision to retire 自动承认犯罪/志愿决定退休;Man is a～agent. 人是主观能动者。His offer/action/confession was entirely/completely～. 他的请求/行动/坦白完全是主动的。Morality is moral only when it is～. 只有自愿遵守道德才是有道德。〖同〗free-will，optional，unforced;〖反〗forced;

(2)靠捐款维持的 (run， financed by contributions)：～societies/hospitals 民办团体/医院;This club/school belongs to a～organization. 这个俱乐部/学校属于受赞助组织。

(3)不计报酬的(action without compulsion and without payment)：～helpers/workers 义务援助者/工作者;a～institution/centre 义务机构/中心;on a～basis 以不计报酬为基础;do～social work 做不计酬的社会工作;

(4)故(随)意的，有意识的(intentional)：～manslaughter 故意杀人;～laughter/behaviour 不由自主的笑/举止;～muscles/movements 随意肌/运动;Speaking is～;breathing is partly so only. 讲话是有意识的，而呼吸只是在某种程度上如此。Blinking is an involuntary muscular action， winking is～. 眨眼是不自觉的肌肉运动，而使眼色则是有意识的。〖同〗deliberate，intentional，intended，willed;〖反〗involuntary，automatic，unintentional;

→′voluntarily adv 自愿地;

n(教堂礼拜的)风琴独奏 (piece of organ music of a type normally played at the end or beginning of a church service)[C];

【辨异】voluntory的反义词是involunta-ry。 involuntary与automatic的区别见AUTOMATIC。