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.
为…服务;为…效力;为…效忠 -
It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years. [VERB noun]
这对那些为国效忠多年的士兵们来说是不公平的。
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I have always said that I would serve the Party in any way it felt appropriate. [VERB noun]
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.
(尤指在部队)服役;(在政府部门)任职 -
During the second world war he served with RAF Coastal Command. [VERB prep./adv.]
二战期间他在英国皇家空军海防总队服役。
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He also served on the National Front's national executive committee. [VERB prep./adv.]
他还曾就职于民族阵线全国执行委员会。
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For seven years until 1991 he served as a district councillor in Solihull. [VERB prep./adv.]
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.
用作;可当…使用;充作 -
She ushered me into the front room, which served as her office. [V + as/for]
她把我领进了她用作办公室的前厅。
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I really do not think that an inquiry would serve any useful purpose. [VERB noun]
我真的认为调查没有任何实际意义。
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Their brief visit has served to underline the deep differences between the two countries. [VERB to-infinitive]
他们短暂的访问恰恰凸显了两国间分歧的严重程度。
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The old drawing room serves her as both sitting room and study. [V n + as/for]
原来那间起居室成了她的客厅兼书房。
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.
供应(某地或某人);为…提供服务 -
This could mean the closure of thousands of small businesses which serve the community. [VERB noun]
这可能意味着成千上万家服务社会的小企业将要倒闭。
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...improvements in the public water-supply system serving the Nairobi area. [VERB noun]
内罗毕地区的公共供水系统的改善
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Cuba is well served by motorways. [be VERB-ed + by]
古巴的高速公路四通八达。
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...a desire to make education serve the needs of politicians and business. [VERB noun]
让教育为政治家和企业的需求服务的欲望
5 VERB 对…有用;能满足…的需要;符合…的利益 Something that
serves someone's interests benefits them.
对…有用;能满足…的需要;符合…的利益 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.
(给…)提供,端上(食物);上(菜);开(饭) [Also VERB n + to] -
Serve it with French bread. [VERB noun prep.]
把它和法式面包一起端上去。
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Serve the cakes warm. [VERB noun adj.ive]
趁热上蛋糕。
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Prepare the garnishes shortly before you are ready to serve the soup. [VERB noun]
在快要准备上汤前再在上面加点装饰菜。
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...the pleasure of having someone serve you champagne and caviar in bed. [VERB noun noun]
有人把香槟和鱼子酱给你端到床边的惬意
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They are expected to babysit, run errands, and help serve at cocktail parties.
要求他们做的事情有:看孩子、跑腿儿、在鸡尾酒会上帮忙招待。
Serve up means the same as
serve .
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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。
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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 [no cont] (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.
(食物的量)足够…吃 SYN be enough for, be sufficient for, be adequate for, provide enough for
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.
接待,服务,招待(顾客) SYN attend to,
wait on,
deal with,
oblige 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.
送交(令状等);把…送达 [law] [Also VERB n] SYN deliver to, give to, present with, hand over to
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.
服(刑);当(学徒) -
...Leo, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder. [VERB noun]
因谋杀罪正在服无期徒刑的利奥
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He was able to serve his apprenticeship as a trainer with Eddie Futch. [VERB noun]
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.
(在网球、羽毛球等比赛中)发球 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.
(某些球类比赛中的)发球 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.
咎由自取;罪有应得;活该 [feelings] Quotations
They also serve who only stand and wait John Milton Sonnet 16 Word Partnership | Use serve with: |
N. | serve a community, serve the public 1 4 serve a purpose 3 serve someone's needs 5 serve cake, serve food 6 |
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