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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

志愿组织

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhì yuàn zǔ zhī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Voluntary organization/ˈvɒl.ən.tər.i ˌɔː.ɡən.aɪˈzeɪ.shən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这家志愿组织为社区提供免费服务。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An association or group established and operated voluntarily by its members for reasons other than achieving financial profit, typically serving a social, cultural, or charitable purpose.

    "The local voluntary organization provides free after-school tutoring for underprivileged children."
  2. 2

    A non-profit body whose membership and activities are driven by unpaid volunteers rather than salaried employees.

    "Many environmental conservation projects are run entirely as voluntary organizations."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'voluntary' (from Latin 'voluntarius', meaning 'of one's free will', from 'voluntas' meaning will) and 'organization' (from late medieval Latin 'organizare', rooted in Greek 'organon' meaning instrument or tool). The compound term emerged in the 19th century alongside the rise of civil society movements and mutual aid associations in Britain and America.

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