[VERB 动词]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.
[V n]
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。
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[VERB 动词](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.
[V prep/adv]
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。
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[VERB 动词]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.
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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。
The old drawing room serves her as both sitting room and study.
原来那间起居室成了她的客厅兼书房。
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[VERB 动词]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.
[V n]
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。
...a desire to make education serve the needs of politicians and business.
让教育为政治家和企业的需求服务的欲望
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[VERB 动词]对…有用；能满足…的需要；符合…的利益 Something that serves someone's interests benefits them.
[V n]
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。
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[VERB 动词](给…)提供，端上(食物)；上(菜)；开(饭) When you serve food and drink, you give people food and drink.
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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。
...the pleasure of having someone serve you champagne and caviar in bed...
有人把香槟和鱼子酱给你端到床边的惬意
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 .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。
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[VERB 动词](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.
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Garnish with fresh herbs. Serves 4.
配以新鲜香草，4 人份。
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[VERB 动词]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.
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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。
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[VERB 动词]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.
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[LEGAL 法律]
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。
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[VERB 动词]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.
[V n]
...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。
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[VERB 动词](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.
[V n]
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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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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。
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[PHRASE 短语]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.
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Serves her right for being so stubborn.
她太固执了，活该。
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serveservesservedservingverb★food/drink 食物；饮料1★[transitive , intransitive ]to give sb food or drink, for example at a restaurant or during a meal （给某人）提供；端上serve(sth) ◆Breakfast is served between 7 and 10 a.m.早餐供应时间从上午 7 点到 10 点。◆Pour the sauce over the pasta and serve immediately.把酱汁浇在意大利面上就立刻上桌。◆Shall I serve?现在上菜好吗？servesth with sth ◆Serve the lamb with new potatoes and green beans.羊肉要配新鲜土豆和青刀豆一起上。servesth to sb ◆They served a wonderful meal to more than fifty delegates.他们招待五十多位代表吃了一餐美味佳肴。servesb with sth ◆The delegates were served with a wonderful meal.代表们受到款待，吃了一餐美味佳肴。servesb sth ◆She served us a delicious lunch.她招待我们吃了一顿可口的午餐。servesth + adj. ◆The quiche can be served hot or cold.蛋奶馅饼热吃也行，冷吃也行。2[transitive ]servesb/sth (of an amount of food 食物的量)to be enough for sb/sth 够…吃（或用）◆This dish will serve four hungry people.这盘菜够四个饥饿的人吃。customers 顾客3★[transitive , intransitive ]serve(sb) ( especially BrE) to help a customer or sell them sth in a shop/store 接待；服务◆Are you being served?有人接待您吗？◆She was serving behind the counter.她在柜枱服务。be useful 有用4★[transitive ]servesth/sb to be useful to sb in achieving or satisfying sth 对…有用；能满足…的需要◆These experiments serveno useful purpose.这些实验没有任何实际意义。◆Most of their economic policies serve the interestsof big business. 他们的经济政策多半符合大企业的利益。◆How can we best serve the needsof future generations? 我们怎样才最能满足后代子孙的需要？◆His linguistic ability served him wellin his chosen profession. 他的语言能力对他所选择的职业大有帮助。provide sth 提供5★[transitive ]to provide an area or a group of people with a product or service （向一地或一群体）供应，提供servesb/sth ◆The centre will serve the whole community.这个中心将为整个社区提供服务。servesb/sth with sth ◆The town is well served with buses and major road links.这座城市乘坐公共汽车很方便，与干线公路的联接也很发达。be suitable 适合6[intransitive ]serve(as sth) to be suitable for a particular use, especially when nothing else is available 可用作，可当…使（尤指别无选择时）◆The sofa will serve as a bed for a night or two.沙发可以当床凑合一两夜。have particular result 产生某种结果7[intransitive , transitive ]to have a particular effect or result 产生…的效果（或结果）serveas sth ◆The judge said the punishment would serve as a warning to others.法官说这种惩罚将对其他人起到杀一儆百的作用。serveto do sth ◆The attack was unsuccessful and served only toalert the enemy. 进攻未奏效，反而使敌人警觉起来。work 工作8★[intransitive , transitive ]to work or perform duties for a person, an organization, a country, etc. （为…）工作，服务，履行义务，尽职责serve(as sth) ◆He served as a captain in the army.他曾是一名陆军上尉。servein/on/with sth ◆She served in the medical corps.她在医务部队服过役。serveunder/with sb ◆He served under Edward Heath in the 1970s.他曾于 20 世纪 70 年代在爱德华 · 希思手下任职。servesth ◆I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community.我想找一个能够为公众服务的工作岗位。servesb (as sth) ◆He served the family faithfully for many years (= as a servant).他忠心耿耿，伺候这家人多年。9[transitive , intransitive ]to spend a period of time in a particular job or training for a job 任期为；担任（职务）时间达；培训期为servesth ◆He served a one-year apprenticeship.他做了一年的学徒。serveas sth ◆She was elected to serve as secretary of the local party.她当选为地方党组织的书记。time in prison 监禁时间10[transitive ]servesth to spend a period of time in prison 服（刑）◆prisoners serving life sentences服无期徒刑的囚犯◆She is serving two years for theft.她因盗窃罪正在服两年徒刑。◆He has served time(= been to prison)before. 他以前坐过牢。official document 正式文件11[transitive ]( law 律) to give or send sb an official document, especially one that orders them to appear in court 把…送达；向（某人）送交servesth (on sb) ◆to serve a writ/summonson sb 把令状╱传票送达某人servesb with sth ◆to serve sb with a writ/summons向某人送交令状╱传票in sport 体育运动12[intransitive , transitive ](in tennis,etc. 网球等)to start playing by throwing the ball into the air and hitting it 发（球）◆Who's serving?谁发球？servesth ◆She served an ace.她发球直接得分。IDIOMS★it serves sb ˈright (for doing sth)used to say that sth that has happened to sb is their own fault and they deserve it 咎由自取；罪有应得◆Left you, did she? It serves you right for being so selfish.她离开了你，是吗？那你活该，你太自私了。serve your/its ˈturn( BrE) to be useful for a particular purpose or period of time （在某方面或某期间）发挥作用，派上用场；足以满足…的需要serve two ˈmasters( usually used in negative sentences 通常用于否定句) to support two opposing parties, principles, etc. at the same time 侍奉二主（同时支持两个敌对的党派）；徘徊于两种对立原则之间☞more at
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PHRASAL VERBSˌserve sth↔ˈout1to continue doing sth, especially working or staying in prison, for a fixed period of time that has been set 干至期满；服满刑期◆He has three more years in prison before he's served out his sentence.他要在监狱里再待三年，才能服满刑期。◆( BrE) They didn't want me to serve out my notice.他们想不等我干到约定的离职时间就要我走。2( BrE) to share food or drink between a number of people 分发（食物或饮料）；（为众人）分餐◆I went around the guests serving out drinks.我四处走动给客人斟饮料。ˌserve sth↔ˈup1to put food onto plates and give it to people 端上（食物）◆He served up a delicious meal.他端上一顿可口的饭菜。2to give, offer or provide sth 给出；提供◆She served up the usual excuse.她给出的借口还是老一套。◆The teams served up some fantastic entertainment.这些队献上了精彩的表演。noun(in tennis,etc. 网球等)the action of servingthe ball to your opponent 发球serve/sɜːv; NAmEsɜːrv/
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1food/drink [intransitive, transitive] to give someone food or drink, especially as part of a meal or in a restaurant, bar etc: The waiter was serving another table. Sprinkle with cheese and serve immediately.serve something with something Serve the soup with crusty bread.serve breakfast/lunch/dinner Breakfast is served until 9 am.serve something to somebody Meals can be served to you in your room.serve something hot/cold etc Teacakes should be served hot with butter.2serve two/three/four etc (people) if food serves two, three etc, there is enough for that number of people3shop [intransitive, transitive] to help the customers in a shop, especially by bringing them the things that they want: There was only one girl serving customers.4be useful/helpful [intransitive, transitive] to be useful or helpful for a particular purpose or reasonserve as The sofa had to serve as a bed. The reforms served as a model for the rest of the Communist world. A large cardboard box will serve the purpose. Her talent for organization should serve her well.serve the needs/interests of somebody/something research projects that serve the needs of industry5do useful work [intransitive, transitive] to spend a period of time doing useful work or official duties for an organization, country, important person etcserve as Lord Herbert served as ambassador to France.serve in the army/air force/navy etc He returned to Greece to serve in the army.serve on Ann serves on various local committees. the women who served their country in the war6have an effect [intransitive] formal to have a particular effect or resultserve as Her death should serve as a warning to other young people.serve to do something A single example serves to illustrate what I mean.7provide something [transitive] to provide an area or a group of people with something that is necessary or useful: Paris is served by two airports.GRAMMARServe is usually passive in this meaning.8prison [transitive] to spend a particular period of time in prison: He served an 18-month sentence for theft. Did you know that Les is serving time (=is in prison)?9sport [intransitive, transitive] to start playing in a game such as tennis or volleyball by throwing the ball up in the air and hitting it over the net10it serves somebody right spoken used to say that you think someone deserves something unpleasant that happens to them, because they have been stupid or unkind: ‘She kicked me!’ ‘It serves you right, teasing her like that.’11serve an apprenticeship to learn a job or skill by working for a particular period of time for someone who has a lot of experience12serve a summons/writ etc to officially send or give someone a written order to appear in a court of law → if my memory serves me (right/well/correctly)
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serve out phrasal verb1to complete a particular period of time in prison or doing a job: Dillon’s almost served out his sentence (=in prison). The Senator’s illness means he may not serve out his term.2British English to put food onto plates: Serve out the rice, will you?serve up phrasal verbto give food to someone as part of a meal: What are you serving up tonight?
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the action in a game such as tennis or volleyball when you throw the ball in the air and hit it over the net