willing

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will·ing /ˈwɪlɪŋ/ S2 W3 adjectiveadj

1 [not before noun]WILLING prepared to do something, or having no reason to not want to do it 樂意[願意]〔做某事〕的

willing to do something

How much are they willing to pay?

他們願意付多少錢？

quite/perfectly willing

I told them I was perfectly willing to help.

我告訴他們，我非常願意幫忙。

2 willing helper/volunteer/partner etc ENTHUSIASTICsomeone who is eager to help etc and does not have to be persuaded 熱心的幫手/志願者/積極肯幹的搭檔等

I soon had an army of willing helpers.

我很快就擁有了一批熱心的幫手。

Examples from the Corpus

willing helper/volunteer/partner etc• For example, a teacher who says that she thinks some of the dolls need bathing will soon have some willing helpers.• Non-horsy spouses and relatives can be trained for this role, but they must be willing helpers!• Find yourself a willing partner and sit facing each other.• I belong to several organisations, some are small and local who need willing helpers and supporters.• Any Texas prisoner who finds a willing partner on the outside is allowed to be married.• There may be a willing volunteer or a professional person specially appointed, but this may not be easy to find.• You take one pair of ends, your willing helper takes the other, and off you go.• Why should he bother, when he had a willing partner waiting back in his rooms?

—willingly adverbadv

Sixty percent of voters said they would willingly pay higher taxes for better health care.

60%的選民表示，爲獲得更好的醫療保健服務，他們樂意繳納更高的稅款。

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willing• He's not a very bright boy, but he's young, strong, and willing.• It is willing and able to feed on a variety of prey species, up to the size of antelopes.• Get a bike, find a willing friend, and explore the bike trails.• During our last barbecue Lucy worked with a willing heart.• Houghton convinced himself he was searching so avidly for the match that he was almost willing himself to find it.• She's an enthusiastic, willing learner.• Some certainly saw her as a kind of human sacrifice, albeit a willing one.• The police believe Davison was a willing participant in the murder.• The two councillors serve the Association and the area well and are always willing to attend meetings and find out information.• Would they be willing to lose a little as well as win a little as the days added up to years?• My father would be willing to move with me and this of course would allow me to sell my present house.• Under question, Edward told me a little more about Laura's past than she herself was willing to volunteer.

willing to do something• We are always willing to consider proposals put forward by members of the Bar.• Since the beginning of all storytelling, true lovers are shown as willing to die or face extreme hardship to save each other.• Several states might have been willing to follow the Six in their ventures if Britain had been willing to join.• Solicitors willing to offer either of these services are indicated in the Solicitors Regional Directory.• The P/E ratio may be interpreted as the price investors are willing to pay for a unit of earnings.• Magistrates, jurors and local constables showed themselves increasingly willing to prosecute the laws against the Nonconformists.• He had explained that he was going to see Eloise, in the hope she might be willing to sell him something.

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