1. There is a natural tendency for any relationship based on voluntary affection to come apart, but marriage provides the glue needed to keep a couple together by providing ties of family, in conjunction with the obligations of parents to children. 任何建立在自发爱恋基础上的关系都会趋于自然终止,但婚姻建立起家庭纽带,以及父母与子女间的责任义务,这就提供了将夫妇联结在一起的粘合剂。
2. No doubt about it, solitude is improved by being voluntary. 毫无疑问,如果自愿独处,则感觉要好得多。
3. She was a voluntary helper. 她是自愿帮忙的。
4. It makes perfect sense to say that adult persons have a right not to be cloned without their voluntary, informed consent. 未经通知并征得本人同意,成年人有权不被克隆,这是完全合理的。