serve
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you serve your country, an organization, or a person, you do useful work for them. 为…服务; 为…效力
It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years. 对忠心效力国家多年的士兵们来说,这是不公平的。
2. V-I 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. 服役; 任职
During the second world war he served with 92nd Airborne. 第二次世界大战期间,他在第92空降师服役。
They have both served on the school board. 他们俩都曾在学校董事会任职。
3. V-T/V-I If something serves as a particular thing or serves a particular purpose, it performs a particular function, which is often not its intended function. 对…有用; 能起…作用
She ushered me into the front room, which served as her office. 她领我进入前厅,那儿用做她的办公室了。
I really do not think that an inquiry would serve any useful purpose. 我真的认为一场咨询不会起什么作用。
4. V-T If something serves people or an area, it provides them with something that they need. 供应; 提供
This could mean the closure of thousands of small businesses which serve the community. 这意味着数以千计的为社区提供服务的小企业可能会关闭。
...improvements in the public water-supply system serving the Nairobi area. …内罗毕地区公共供水系统的改善。
5. V-T Something that serves someone's interests benefits them. 满足; 对…有益
The economy should be organized to serve the interests of all the people. 经济规划应该符合全体民众的利益。
6. V-T/V-I When you serve food and drinks, you give people food and drinks. 上 (菜、饮料)
Serve it with French bread. 这个与法式面包一起上。
Serve the cakes warm. 烤饼要趁热端上来。
Refrigerate until ready to serve. 一直冷藏到准备上桌。
7. PHRASAL VERB Serve up means the same as . 上 (菜、饮料)
After all, it is no use serving up TV dinners if the kids won't eat them. 归根到底,如果孩子们不肯吃,就是端上即食快餐也没有什么用。
8. V-T Serve is used to indicate how much food a recipe produces. For example, a recipe that serves six provides enough food for six people. 足以供…人食用[no cont]
Garnish with fresh herbs. Serves 4. 缀上新鲜的香草,供4人食用。
9. V-T/V-I Someone who serves customers in a shop or a bar helps them and provides them with what they want to buy. 接待 (顾客)
They wouldn't serve me in any bars because I looked too young. 任何酒吧都不肯接待我,因为我看上去太年轻了。
10. V-T 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. 送交 (令状/传票)[法律]
Immigration officers tried to serve her with a deportation order. 移民局官员试图向她交送驱逐出境令。
11. V-T If you serve something such as a prison sentence or an apprenticeship, you spend a period of time doing it. 服 (刑); 做 (学徒)
...Leo, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder. …目前正因谋杀罪在服无期徒刑的利奥。
12. V-T/V-I When you serve in games such as tennis and badminton, you throw up the ball or shuttlecock and hit it to start play. (网球、羽毛球等) 发球
He served 17 double faults. 他有17次双发失误。
13. N-COUNT Serve is also a noun. 发球
His second serve clipped the net. 他的第2次发球擦到了球网。
14. N-COUNT When you describe someone's serve, you are indicating how well or how fast they serve a ball or shuttlecock. 发球
His powerful serve was too much for the defending champion. 他有力的发球使卫冕冠军难以招架。
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16. PHRASE 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. 某人活该受惩罚[情感]
Serves her right for being so stubborn. 她这么顽固,受到惩罚是活该。
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serve /sɜːv/ (serving,served,serves)
剑桥词典
- Both recipes serve four easily .
- They serve pretty decent food in the cafeteria .
- They didn't even serve wine at dinner .
- I usually serve dessert with coffee .
- Breakfast is served in the dining room from 8.30–10.
- He served for eight years as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- Police officers aren't usually allowed to be serve on a jury .
- Panellists on the Arts Review Board serve for a maximum of three years .
- A police officer is there to enforce the law as well as to serve the local community .
- A minister's primary obligation is to serve the public .
- She has a very forceful personality which will serve her well in politics .
- Tougher prison sentences may serve as a deterrent to other would-be offenders .
- The spare bedroom also serves as an office .
- Do the exercises serve any useful purpose ?
- The museum serves as a reminder of this terrible episode in recent history .
- Heraklion airport serves the eastern resorts .
- This one company serves the entire West coast .
- The rail network serves the southeast of the country .
- These post offices serve the needs of the local communities .
- Hydro-power serves the most isolated communities in Scotland .
serve verb (PROVIDE FOOD/DRINK)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to provide food or drinks
提供(食物或饮料)
Do they serve meals in the bar ? 这家酒吧提供饭菜吗?
Breakfast is served in the restaurant between 7.00 and 11.00. 餐馆早上7点到11点供应早餐。
We arrived at the hotel and were served with champagne and canapés . 我们到达宾馆后,宾馆提供了香槟和小吃。
All recipes in this book , unless otherwise stated , will serve (= be enough for) four to five people . 本书里的所有食谱,除了特别标明的,都可供4至5人享用。
[ + obj + adj ] Serve the pie warm with ice cream or whipped cream . 趁热上果馅糕点,配上冰淇凌或掼奶油。
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serve verb (WORK)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to work for; to do your duty to
(为…)工作;(为…)服务;尽职责
He served in the army for 22 years . 他服了22年兵役。
She has served on the committee for the last 15 years . 15年来,她一直在该委员会任职。
He served under Ronald Reagan as Secretary of State. 他在罗纳德‧里根手下担任国务卿。
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serve verb (HELP ACHIEVE)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to help achieve something or to be useful as something
有助于实现;(对…)有用
An official investigation would not serve any useful purpose . 正式调查不会达到什么有益的成效。
The judge said that the fine would serve as a warning to other drivers . 法官说此次罚款对其他司机会是一种警告。
In the absence of anything better the settee could serve as a bed for a couple of nights . 如果没有更好的选择,长沙发可以当几天床用。
[ 动词后面接一个带to的不定式 ] Nothing serves to explain the violent fighting we have seen recently . 什么都无法解释我们最近所目睹的暴力斗殴。
old-fashioned My umbrella will serve for a weapon . 我的伞可以当武器用。
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serve verb (PROVIDE STH NECESSARY)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to provide with something that is needed
为…提供所需物品,供应
The report says the police are out of touch with the communities that they serve. 这份报告指出,警方对他们所服务的社区毫不了解。
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serve verb (DEAL WITH CUSTOMER)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]in a shop , restaurant , or hotel , to deal with a customer by taking their order , showing or selling them goods , etc.
接待;招待;为…服务
UK Are you being served, madam ? 女士,有服务员招待您吗?
US Have you been served, ma'am? 女士,有服务员招待过您了吗?
That's the restaurant where they refused to serve John because he was so rude . 就是那家餐馆拒绝接待约翰,因为他太粗鲁。
serve verb (SPEND TIME)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to spend a period of time doing something
花费,度过(一段时间)
He served four years in prison for robbery . 他因抢劫坐了4年牢。
After he'd served his apprenticeship he set up his own business . 他学徒期满后自立门户。
serve time
to spend time in prison
服刑;蹲监狱
He's serving time for drug offences . 他因毒品犯罪正在服刑。
serve verb (HIT BALL)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]in sports such as tennis , to hit the ball to the other player as a way of starting the game
(在网球等体育运动中)发(球)
Whose turn is it to serve? 轮到谁发球了?
That's the third ace you've served this game . 那是你在这局比赛中第3次发球得分。
serve verb (GIVE DOCUMENT)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ] law specializedto give a legal document to someone, demanding that they go to a law court or that they obey an order
将…正式送达
Less than two weeks ago Gough finally served a writ on Slater, claiming damages for alleged loss of royalties . 不到两个星期以前,高夫终于将传票送达给斯莱特,要求对其所涉及的版税损失作出赔偿。
Each person served with a summons will be given six weeks before they have to appear in the Magistrates' Court . 每一个收到传票的人在地方法院出庭之前都有6个星期的时间。
习语
if my memory serves me rightserve sb right
短语动词
serve sth outserve sth up
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