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serve
[英] [sə:v] [美] [sɚv] 生词本

vt.& vi.

vt.

vi.

n.

  • 易混淆的单词：SERVE  

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1. VERB 为…服务;为…效力;为…效忠 If you serve your country, an organization, or a person, you do useful work for them. 

  • It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years...

    这对那些为国效忠多年的士兵们来说是不公平的。

  • I have always said that I would serve the Party in any way it felt appropriate.

    我一直说，只要需要，我愿意为党效力，不管以何种方式。

2. VERB (尤指在部队)服役;(在政府部门)任职 If you serve in a particular place or as a particular official, you perform official duties, especially in the armed forces, as a civil servant, or as a politician. 

  • During the second world war he served with RAF Coastal Command...

    二战期间他在英国皇家空军海防总队服役。

  • He also served on the National Front's national executive committee...

    他还曾就职于民族阵线全国执行委员会。

  • For seven years until 1991 he served as a district councillor in Solihull.

    直到1991年他连续 7 年在索利霍尔担任区议员。

3. VERB 用作;可当…使用;充作 If something serves as a particular thing or serves a particular purpose, it performs a particular function, which is often not its intended function. 

  • She ushered me into the front room, which served as her office...

    她把我领进了她用作办公室的前厅。

  • I really do not think that an inquiry would serve any useful purpose...

    我真的认为调查没有任何实际意义。

  • Their brief visit has served to underline the deep differences between the two countries...

    他们短暂的访问恰恰凸显了两国间分歧的严重程度。

4. VERB 供应(某地或某人);为…提供服务 If something serves people or an area, it provides them with something that they need. 

  • This could mean the closure of thousands of small businesses which serve the community...

    这可能意味着成千上万家服务社会的小企业将要倒闭。

  • ...improvements in the public water-supply system serving the Nairobi area...

    内罗毕地区的公共供水系统的改善

  • Cuba is well served by motorways.

    古巴的高速公路四通八达。

5. VERB 对…有用;能满足…的需要;符合…的利益 Something that serves someone's interests benefits them. 

  • The economy should be organized to serve the interests of all the people...

    经济的组织运行应符合所有人的利益。

  • They may well decide that their interests would be best served by joining in.

    他们很有可能认定参与其中才会令其利益最大化。

6. VERB (给…)提供，端上(食物);上(菜);开(饭) When you serve food and drink, you give people food and drink. 

  • Serve it with French bread...

    把它和法式面包一起端上去。

  • Serve the cakes warm...

    趁热上蛋糕。

  • Prepare the garnishes shortly before you are ready to serve the soup.

    在快要准备上汤前再在上面加点装饰菜。

  • Serve up means the same as serve .serve up 同 serve

    • After all, it is no use serving up TV dinners if the kids won't eat them...

      毕竟，如果孩子不想吃冷冻快餐，给他们也没用。

    • He served it up on delicate white plates.

      他把它放在精美的白色碟子里端上了桌。

7. VERB (食物的量)足够…吃 Serve is used to indicate how much food a recipe produces. For example, a recipe that serves six provides enough food for six people. 

  • Garnish with fresh herbs. Serves 4.

    配以新鲜香草，4 人份。

8. VERB 接待，服务，招待(顾客) Someone who serves customers in a shop or a bar helps them and provides them with what they want to buy. 

  • They wouldn't serve me in any pubs 'cos I looked too young...

    这些酒吧都不让我进，因为我看上去太小了。

  • Auntie and Uncle suggested she serve in the shop.

    阿姨和叔叔建议她去商店工作。

9. VERB 送交(令状等);把…送达 When the police or other officials serve someone with a legal order or serve an order on them, they give or send the legal order to them. 

  • Immigration officers tried to serve her with a deportation order...

    移民局官员试图向她下达驱逐令。

  • Police said they had been unable to serve a summons on 25-year-old Lee Jones.

    警方说他们无法传唤 25 岁的李·琼斯。

10. VERB 服(刑);当(学徒) If you serve something such as a prison sentence or an apprenticeship, you spend a period of time doing it. 

  • ...Leo, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder...

    因谋杀罪正在服无期徒刑的利奥

  • He was able to serve his apprenticeship as a trainer with Eddie Futch.

    他当时师从埃迪·富齐学当拳击教练员。

11. VERB (在网球、羽毛球等比赛中)发球 When you serve in games such as tennis and badminton, you throw up the ball or shuttlecock and hit it to start play. 

  • He served 17 double faults...

    他有 17 次双发失误。

  • If you serve like this nobody can beat you.

    如果你像这样发球，没有人可以击败你。

  • Serve is also a noun.

    • His second serve clipped the net.

      他的第二发球擦网了。

12. N-COUNT (某些球类比赛中的)发球 When you describe someone's serve, you are indicating how well or how fast they serve a ball or shuttlecock. 

  • His powerful serve was too much for the defending champion.

    他的大力发球让卫冕冠军难以招架。

13. See also: serving;  
14. PHRASE 咎由自取;罪有应得;活该 If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them. 

  • Serves her right for being so stubborn.

    她太固执了，活该。

相关词组：
serve out  serve up 
Noun

1. (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play;

  • "his powerful serves won the game"
Verb

1. serve a purpose, role, or function;

  • "The tree stump serves as a table"
  • "The female students served as a control group"
  • "This table would serve very well"
  • "His freedom served him well"
  • "The table functions as a desk"

2. do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function;

  • "He served as head of the department for three years"
  • "She served in Congress for two terms"

3. contribute or conduce to;

  • "The scandal served to increase his popularity"

4. be used by; as of a utility;

  • "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"
  • "The garage served to shelter his horses"

5. help to some food; help with food or drink;

  • "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself"

6. provide (usually but not necessarily food);

  • "We serve meals for the homeless"
  • "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."
  • "The entertainers served up a lively show"

7. devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas;

  • "She served the art of music"
  • "He served the church"
  • "serve the country"

8. promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to;

  • "Art serves commerce"
  • "Their interests are served"
  • "The lake serves recreation"
  • "The President's wisdom has served the counrty well"

9. spend time in prison or in a labor camp;

  • "He did six years for embezzlement"
  • synonym： do

10. work for or be a servant to;

  • "May I serve you?"
  • "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"
  • "Can you wait on our table, please?"
  • "Is a salesperson assisting you?"
  • "The minister served the King for many years"

11. deliver a warrant or summons to someone;

  • "He was processed by the sheriff"

12. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity;

  • "A few words would answer"
  • "This car suits my purpose well"
  • "Will $100 do?"
  • "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"
  • "Nothing else will serve"

13. do military service;

  • "She served in Vietnam"
  • "My sons never served, because they are short-sighted"

14. mate with;

  • "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes"

15. put the ball into play;

  • "It was Agassi's turn to serve"

体育

  • 1.发球
  • 2.伺服机构
  • 3.随动系统

旅游

  • 1.发球

法律

  • 1.送达
  • 2.保外执行
1. Make the past serve the present and foreign things serve China.
古为今用，洋为中用。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. "Serve the people" is our motto.
“为人民服务”是我们的座右铭。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. After become effective of property insurance contract, those who serve as insurance mark insurance belongings reachs his to concern a benefit, because the meeting is buying and selling, given, accede to wait for the happening of the circumstance and be transferred, after the cession of insurance mark, the alienee that insurance profit meets what change insurance bid subsequently of course.
财产保险合同生效后，作为保险标的的保险财产及其有关利益，会由于买卖、赠予、继续等情况的发生而转移，保险标的转让后，保险利益当然会随之转移给保险标的的受让人。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Air hostesses all smile when they serve the passengers.
空姐们为乘客服务时总是满脸笑容。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. As a Party member one must serve the people wholeheartedly.
作为一个党员，应该全心全意为人民服务。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
宁为鸡口，毋为牛后。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7. Fierce-browed, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers; headbowed, like a willing ox I serve the children.
横眉冷对千夫指，俯首甘为孺子牛。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8. He continued to suppress the people and serve the imperialists.
他继续镇压人民，为帝国主义效劳。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. He has a very good serve.
他发球发得好。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10. He interrupted college to serve in the army.
他中断大学学业到军队去服役。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

11. He studies hard (so)that he might serve the country well.
他刻苦学习为了能很好地为祖国服务。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

12. He volunteered to serve as the manager of our department store.
他自荐当我们商场的经理。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13. I've been asked to serve on yet another committee, and I really don't have the time.
我被邀请担任另一个委员会的委员，可是我确实没有时间。

来自《简明英汉词典》

14. In a way, I'm glad you made that mistake, for it will serve as a warning to you.
在某种程度上说，你犯那个错误我倒感到高兴，因为它可以对你敲警钟。

来自《简明英汉词典》

15. In the cafeteria we serve ourselves.
在自助餐馆我们是自己拿菜的。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. It does serve the purpose to put on another woollen sweater.
多穿件毛衣也还顶事。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

17. It seems to serve no visible use.
这东西看不出有明显的用途。

来自《简明英汉词典》

18. It would only serve to precipitate his ruin.
它只会加速他的毁灭。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

19. It's not high mountains and deep valleys that best serve to defend a country.
固国不以山溪之险。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

20. It's time to serve up the main course.
该上主菜了。

来自《简明英汉词典》