involuntary
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++in·vol·un·ta·ry /ɪnˈvɒləntəri $ ɪnˈvɑːlənteri/ adjective 1 HBDELIBERATELYan involuntary movement, sound, reaction etc is one that you make suddenly and without intending to because you cannot control yourself 〔动作、声音、反应等〕无意识做出的，非故意的 When Willie tapped on the window, Miguel gave an involuntary jump. 威利敲了敲窗户，米格尔不由自主地跳了起来。2 happening to you although you do not want it to 非自愿的 involuntary part-time workers 无奈从事非全时工作的人 —involuntarily adverbExamples from the Corpus
involuntary• It would seem that involuntary affirmation could be commanded only on even more immediate and urgent grounds than silence.• I let out an involuntary gasp.• Overall, the patients who underwent the pallidotomy had fewer involuntary movements than those who received medicine alone.• an involuntary muscle contraction• Even in healthy subjects the eyeball exhibits rapid, involuntary, oscillatory movements, a phenomenon called nystagmus.• Though mirages are natural phenomena, the illusion of my standing in a dish was an involuntary product of the imagination.• Her teeth were chattering and she gave an enormous involuntary shudder.• It is not surprising that involuntary unemployment may be long term.• With an involuntary yell of alarm, she tumbled forward.in·vol·un·ta·ry adjectiveChineseSyllable
one movement, etc reaction sound, an involuntary Corpus that is
involuntary
in‧vol‧un‧ta‧ry /ɪnˈvɒləntəri $ ɪnˈvɑːlənteri/
adjective
When Willie tapped on the window, Miguel gave an involuntary jump.
2. happening to you although you do not want it to:
involuntary part-time workers
—involuntarily adverb
in‧vol‧un‧ta‧ry /ɪnˈvɒləntəri $ ɪnˈvɑːlənteri/
adjective Word Family: verb: volunteer; noun: volunteer; adverb: voluntarily ≠ involuntarily; adjective: voluntary ≠ involuntary
1. an involuntary movement, sound, reaction etc is one that you make suddenly and without intending to because you cannot control yourself: 2. happening to you although you do not want it to:
—involuntarily adverb