For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form. 义项14单复数同形。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]公共服务事业;公共服务系统 A service is something that the public needs, such as transport, communications facilities, hospitals, or energy supplies, which is provided in a planned and organized way by the government or an official body.
[usu with supp]
Britain still boasts the cheapest postal service...
英国仍拥有最便宜的邮政服务系统。
We have started a campaign for better nursery and school services...
我们已发起一场要求改善幼儿园和中小学教育服务的运动。
The authorities have said they will attempt to maintain essential services.
当局已表示他们将努力维持公共基础服务。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]公共事业机构(或公司) You can sometimes refer to an organization or private company as a particular service when it provides something for the public or acts on behalf of the government.
[oft in names]
...the BBC World Service.
英国广播公司国际广播台
...Careers Advisory Services.
职业咨询服务
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](机构或公司提供的某一)服务 If an organization or company provides a particular service, they can do a particular job or a type of work for you.
The kitchen maintains a twenty-four hour service and can be contacted via Reception...
厨房提供24小时餐饮服务,可通过前台进行联系。
The larger firm was capable of providing a better range of services.
较大的公司能够提供一系列更好的服务。
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]服务业;服务性活动Services are activities such as tourism, banking, and selling things which are part of a country's economy, but are not concerned with producing or manufacturing goods.
Mining rose by 9.1%, manufacturing by 9.4% and services by 4.3%.
采矿业增长了 9.1%, 制造业增长了 9.4%,服务业增长了 4.3%。
...the doctrine that a highly developed service sector was the sign of a modern economy.
高度发展的服务业是现代经济标志的学说
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]服务内容;服务(质量);服务态度 The level or standard of service provided by an organization or company is the amount or quality of the work it can do for you.
Taking risks is the only way employees can provide effective and efficient customer service...
员工能够为客户提供有价值、高效的服务的唯一途径就是敢于冒险。
The current level of service will be maintained except that the evening 'Network Express' trains will be withdrawn.
除了“铁网特快”夜班列车将会停开外,目前的运营线路会保持下去。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](公共汽车或火车的)路线,行程车次,班车 A bus or train service is a route or regular journey that is part of a transport system.
[usu n N]
A bus service operates between Bolton and Salford.
博尔顿和索尔福德之间有一班公共汽车往返。
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词](提供技术或帮助的)服务 Your services are the things that you do or the skills that you use in your job, which other people find useful and are usually willing to pay you for.
[with poss]
I have obtained the services of a top photographer to take our pictures...
我已请到了一位顶级摄影师来给我们拍照。
The performers have all offered their services free of charge.
演员们都愿意免费出演。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](为某组织或活动所做的)工作,服务,效劳 If you refer to someone's service or services to a particular organization or activity, you mean that they have done a lot of work for it or spent a lot of their time on it.
[also N in pl]
You've given a lifetime of service to athletics...
你为田径运动贡献了一生。
More than half his long service in parliament has been as a cabinet minister.
他长期在议会任职,其中大半时间担任内阁部长。
...the two policemen, who have a total of 31 years' service between them...
一起共事共计 31 年的两名警察
He was awarded the OBE in 1990 for services to fashion.
凭着对时装业的杰出贡献,他于1990年荣获英帝国官佐勋衔。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]海陆空三军;军队;部队The Services are the army, the navy, and the air force.
[usu pl]
In June 1945, Britain still had forty-five per cent of its workforce in the Services and munitions industries.
1945 年 6 月,英国仍然有45%的劳动力在部队服役或就职于军火工业。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]兵役;作战Service is the work done by people or equipment in the army, navy, or air force, for example during a war.
The regiment was recruited from the Highlands specifically for service in India.
该军团是专门为在印度作战而从苏格兰高地征募来的。
...an aircraft carrier that saw service in World War II.
曾在二战中服役的航空母舰
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](饭店、酒店,商店提供的)服务 When you receive service in a restaurant, hotel, or shop, an employee asks you what you want or gives you what you have ordered.
A five-course meal including coffee, service and VAT is £30.
包括咖啡、服务费及增值税在内,一顿五道菜正餐的价格为 30 英镑。
...clean stores with respectful service and fair prices.
服务态度良好、价格公道、干净整洁的店铺
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]宗教礼仪;礼拜仪式 A service is a religious ceremony that takes place in a church.
[also no det]
After the hour-long service, his body was taken to a cemetery in the south of the city.
在长达一小时的悼念仪式结束后,他的遗体被抬到了城南的一所公墓。
...the church in which the President was attending morning service.
总统做晨祷的教堂
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]整套餐具(或茶具) A dinner service or a tea service is a complete set of plates, cups, saucers, and other pieces of china.
[usu n N]
...a 60-piece dinner service.
一套六十件套的餐具
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](高速公路边可加油、购物或用餐的)服务站 A services is a place beside a motorway where you can buy petrol and other things, or have a meal.
[BRIT 英]
They had to pull up, possibly go to a motorway services or somewhere like that...
他们只好停车,可能得去高速公路服务站之类的地方。
We have repeatedly told planners that services are vital on a motorway like the M40.
我们一再告知城市规划者在诸如M40 之类的高速公路旁建服务站是必不可少的。
in AM, use 美国英语用 rest area
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](网球、羽毛球等的)发球权,开球局 In tennis, badminton, and some other sports, when it is your service, it is your turn to serve.
[oft with poss]
She conceded just three points on her service during the first set.
她在第一盘自己的发球局仅失了 3 分。
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[ADJ 形容词](大楼、建筑中的设施)员工专用的,后勤专用的Service is used to describe the parts of a building or structure that are used by the staff who clean, repair, or look after it, and are not usually used by the public.
[ADJ n]
He wheeled the trolley down the corridor and disappeared with it into the service lift.
他推着小推车走过走廊,之后进了员工专用电梯不见了。
...the bigger tunnels, which run either side of the service tunnel.
后勤隧道两边更大的隧道
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]服侍;伺候 If someone is in service, they are working as a servant.
[oft in/into N]
If a young woman did not have a dowry, she went into domestic service.
如果一个年轻女子没有嫁妆,她就要做家政服务赚钱。
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[VERB 动词]维修,检修,维护(机器、车辆) If you have a vehicle or machine serviced, you arrange for someone to examine, adjust, and clean it so that it will keep working efficiently and safely.
[have n V-ed]
[be V-ed]
[Also V n]
[usu sing]
I had had my car serviced at the local garage...
我已经把我的车送到当地汽修厂检修了。
Make sure that all gas fires and central heating boilers are serviced annually.
确保所有的煤气取暖器和中央供暖的锅炉每年都检修一次。
Service is also a noun.
The car needs a service...
这辆车该检修了。
The company sends a service engineer to fix the disk drive before it fails.
公司派了一位维修工程师前去修理磁盘驱动器,以免其出故障。
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[VERB 动词](国家、组织)支付(债息) If a country or organization services its debts, it pays the interest on them.
[V n]
Almost a quarter of the country's export earnings go to service a foreign debt of $29 billion.
该国几乎 1/4 的出口收入都用来支付 290 亿美元外债的利息了。
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[VERB 动词]为…提供服务;满足…的需求 If someone or something services an organization, a project, or a group of people, they provide it with the things that it needs in order to function properly or effectively.
[V n]
There are now 400 staff at headquarters, servicing our regional and overseas work...
现在总部有 400 名职员负责地区和海外事务。
Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas will service our needs for some considerable time to come.
诸如煤、石油和天然气之类的矿物燃料会在以后很长一段时间里满足我们的需求。
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See also:
active service
;
Civil Service
;
community service
;
emergency services
;
in-service
;
National Health Service
;
national service
;
public service
;
room service
;
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[PHRASE 短语]随时可供…使用;随时为…提供帮助 To be at the service of a person or organization means to be available to help or be used by that person or organization.
[PHR n]
The intellectual and moral potential of the world's culture must be put at the service of politics.
世界文化潜在的知识和道德力量一定要为政治所用。
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[CONVENTION 惯用语]随时为您效劳;随时听您的吩咐 You can use 'at your service' after your name as a formal way of introducing yourself to someone and saying that you are willing to help them in any way you can.
[formulae]
She bowed dramatically. 'Anastasia Krupnik, at your service,' she said.
她夸张地鞠了个躬。“阿纳斯塔西娅·克鲁布尼克,随时为您效劳,”她说。
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[PHRASE 短语]帮…一个忙;对…有益 If you do someone a service, you do something that helps or benefits them.
[V inflects]
You are doing me a great service, and I'm very grateful to you...
你帮了我一个大忙,非常感激。
'You don't feel that you've betrayed your country?' — 'Not at all, I think I've done a service to my country.'
“你不觉得你背叛了你的祖国吗?”——“一点也不,我认为我帮了我的国家。”
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[PHRASE 短语](车辆、设备)在使用中,可以使用/(通常因发生故障而)未在使用 If a piece of equipment or type of vehicle is in service, it is being used or is able to be used. If it is out of service, it is not being used, usually because it is not working properly.
[usu PHR after v]
Cuts in funding have meant that equipment has been kept in service long after it should have been replaced...
资金的削减意味着早该换掉的设备一直在长期运转。
In 1882, London's first electric tram cars went into service...
1882 年,伦敦第一辆有轨电车投入使用。
Some two hundred obsolete warships and submarines have been taken out of service during the past five years.
过去 5 年时间里,约 200 艘老式军舰和潜艇陆续退役。
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[PHRASE 短语]有用;有帮助 If someone or something is of service to you, they help you or are useful to you.
[v-link PHR]
That is, after all, the primary reason we live — to be of service to others.
别忘了,那是我们活着的主要原因——帮助他人。
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to be pressed into service→see:
press
;
Oxford
ser·vice★/ˈsɜːvɪs; NAmEˈsɜːrvɪs/
noun
,
verb
serviceservicesservicedservicingnoun★providing sth 提供1★[countable ]a system that provides sth that the public needs, organized by the government or a private company 公共服务系统;公共事业◆the ambulance/bus/telephone, etc. service救护车、公车、电话等服务系统◆The government aims to improve public services,especially education. 政府致力于改善公共服务事业,尤其是教育。◆Essential services(= the supply of water, gas, electricity)will be maintained. 生活必需的水、气体燃料、电将维持供应。☞see also
emergency services
,
postal service
2★(alsoService )[countable ]an organization or a company that provides sth for the public or does sth for the government 公共事业机构(或公司)◆the prison service监狱管理机构◆the BBC World Service英国广播公司对外广播☞see also
civil service
,
Diplomatic Service
,
fire service
,
health service
,
Internal Revenue Service
,
National Health Service
,
secret service
,
Security Service
,
social services
3★[countable , uncountable ]a business whose work involves doing sth for customers but not producing goods; the work that such a business does 服务性企业(或行业、业务)◆financial services金融公司◆the development of new goods and services新的商品和服务领域的开发◆Smith's Catering Services (= a company)offers the best value. 史密斯餐饮公司提供最超值的餐饮服务。◆We guarantee (an) excellent service.我们保证提供优质服务。◆the service sector(= the part of the economy involved in this type of business)服务业◆a service industry服务性行业in hotel/shop/restaurant 旅馆;商店;餐馆4★[uncountable ]the serving of customers in hotels, restaurants, and shops/stores (对顾客的)接待,服务◆The food was good but the service was very slow.饭菜不错,但动作太慢。◆10% will be added to your bill for service.您付账时要另加 10% 的服务费。◆Our main concern is to provide quality customer service.我们最关心的是为顾客提供优质服务。☞collocationsat
restaurant
☞see also
room service
,
self-service
work for organization 为机构工作5★[uncountable ]service(to sth) the work that sb does for an organization, etc, especially when it continues for a long time or is admired very much (尤指长期、受到敬重的)工作,效劳,服务◆She has just celebrated 25 years' service with the company.她刚庆祝了自己在公司任职 25 周年。◆The employees have good conditions of service.雇员有良好的工作条件。◆After retiring, she became involved in voluntary servicein the local community. 她在退休后投身于当地社区的志愿服务工作。☞see also
jury service
atjury dutyof vehicle/machine 交通工具;机器6[uncountable ]the use that you can get from a vehicle or machine; the state of being used 使用;使用状况◆That computer gave us very good service.我们那台计算机很好用。◆The ship will be taken out of service within two years.那艘船将在两年之内退役。7[countable , uncountable ]an examination of a vehicle or machine followed by any work that is necessary to keep it operating well 检修;维护;维修;保养◆a service engineer维修技师◆( BrE) I had taken the car in for a service.我把车送去检修了。◆( NAmE) I had taken the car in for service.我把车送去检修了。☞see also
after-sales service
skills/help 技艺;帮助8[usually plural ]( formal) the particular skills or help that a person is able to offer (提供技术或帮助的)服务service(of sb) ◆You need the services of a good lawyer.你需要找一位好律师来帮助你。service(as sb/sth) ◆He offered his services as a driver.他说他愿意开车。army/navy/air force 陆军;海军;空军9[countable , usually plural, uncountable ]the army, the navy and the air force;the work done by people in them 海陆空三军;兵役◆Most of the boys went straight into the services.多数男生直接去服兵役了。◆He saw servicein North Africa. 他曾在北非服兵役。◆a service family军人家庭☞see also
active service
,
military service
,
national service
religious ceremony 宗教礼仪10★[countable ]a religious ceremony 宗教礼仪;礼拜仪式◆morning/evening service晨祷;晚祷◆to hold/attend a service举行╱参加礼拜◆a funeral/marriage/memorial, etc. service丧葬、结婚、追思等宗教仪式☞collocationsat
religion
bus/train 公共汽车;火车11[countable , usually singular ]a bus, train, etc. that goes regularly to a particular place at a particular time 班车;车次◆the cancellation of the 10.15 service to Glasgow*10 点 15 分开往格拉斯哥的车次取消 on motorway 高速公路12services[singular + singular or plural verb ]( BrE) a place beside a motorwaywhere you can stop for petrol, a meal, the toilets, etc. (可加油、用餐、上厕所等的)服务站◆motorway services高速公路服务站◆It's five miles to the next services.距下一个服务站还有五英里。☞see also
service area
,
service station
in tennis 网球13[countable ]an act of hitting the ball in order to start playing; the way that you hit it 发球;发球方式SYN
serve
◆It's your service (= your turn to start playing).该你发球了。◆Her service has improved.她的发球有了提高。set of plates, etc. 整套餐具等14[countable ]a complete set of plates, dishes, etc. that match each other 整套餐具◆a tea service (= cups, saucers,a teapotand plates, for serving tea) 一套茶具☞see also
dinner service
being servant 当仆人15[uncountable ]( old-fashioned) the state or position of being a servant 仆人地位(或身分)◆to be in/go into service(= to be/become a servant)做╱去当用人of official document 正式文件16[uncountable ]( law 律) the formal giving of an official document, etc. to sb 送达◆the service of a demand for payment缴款通知的送达IDIOMSat the ˈservice of sb/sth | at sb's ˈservicecompletely available for sb to use or to help sb 随时可供使用(或可以帮助)◆Health care must be at the service of all who need it.医疗保健机构必须为所有需要者提供服务。◆( formalorhumorous) If you need anything, I am at your service.您要是需要什么,请尽管吩咐。be of ˈservice (to sb)( formal) to be useful or helpful (对某人)有用,有帮助◆Can I be of service to anyone?有谁需要我帮忙吗?do sb a/no ˈservice( formal) to do sth that is helpful/not helpful to sb 有助于(或无助于)某人◆She was doing herself no service by remaining silent.她老不吭气,这对她自己没好处。☞more at
press
v.verbvehicle/machine 交通工具;机器1[usually passive ]servicesth to examine a vehicle or machine and repair it if necessary so that it continues to work correctly 检修;维护;维修;保养◆We need to have the car serviced.我们得把车送去检修一下了。provide sth 提供2servicesth/sb to provide people with sth they need, such as shops/stores, or a transport system 提供服务SYN
serve
◆Botley is well serviced by a regular bus route into Oxford.从博特利到牛津有一路公共汽车,按时发车,十分便利。◆This department services the international sales force (= provides services for it).这个部门向国际销售人员提供服务。pay interest 支付利息3servicesth ( technical 术语) to pay interest on money that has been borrowed 支付(债务)利息◆The company can no longer service its debts.那家公司已无力支付债务利息。ser·vice/ˈsɜːvɪs; NAmEˈsɜːrvɪs/
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service1 noun
service2 verb
serviceser‧vice1 /ˈsɜːvɪs $ ˈsɜːr-/ ●●●S1W1 noun
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1official system/organization [countable] the official system for providing something, especially something that everyone in a country needs to have, or the official organization that provides it: the health service the postal service the police service the prison service Workers in the emergency services (=the police, hospital, and the fire service) are forbidden from striking. There has been a decline in public services in recent years.the essential services (=the police, hospitals, fire service, and organizations that provide basic things such as water, gas, or electricity) →
civil service
, Diplomatic Service
, fire service
, Internal Revenue Service
, National Health Service
, secret service
, security service
2something provided by a company [countable] a particular type of help or work that is provided by a business to customers, but not one that involves producing goods: A wide range of financial services are available.provide/offer a service Datapost offers a delivery service to over 160 countries. Our aim is to provide the best service at the lowest price. the supply of goods and services →
service industry
3in a shop/restaurant/bar [uncountable] the help that people who work in a shop, restaurant, bar etc give yougood/bad/slow etc service The service was terrible and so was the food.customer service At our bank, we insist on high standards of customer service.Service is included in your bill (=the charge for paying the people who serve you is included). →
room service
, self-service
, service charge
4work [uncountable] (also services [plural]) the work that someone does for a person or organization, especially over a long period20/30 years etc of service Brian retired after 25 years of service to the company. a long service award a career in public service (=work done for the public or the government)services to somebody/something (=all the good work you have done for someone or something) He received an award for services to sport.5work done for somebody services [plural] skilled work or advice from a particular type of worker who you use to help you do somethingsomebody’s services/the services of somebody Lydia obtained the services of a qualified nurse.somebody’s services as something Why don’t you offer your services as a tennis coach?6duty jury/military/community etc service something that ordinary people can be asked to do as a public duty or as a punishment: Her attacker was sentenced to 120 hours’ community service.7being used [uncountable] used to talk about whether a piece of equipment, a vehicle etc is available to be used, or how long it can be usedin service (=being used or available to be used) These trains have been in service for many years.out of service (=not being used or not available to be used) The escalator is out of service.give good/excellent etc service (=work well and last a long time) Steel tools give good service for years.8religious ceremony [countable] a formal religious ceremony, especially in churchhold/conduct a service The service was held in the chapel.marriage/funeral/christening etc service a memorial service for the disaster victims9army the services British English, the service American English a country’s military forces, especially considered as a jobjoin/go into the services Maybe you should join the services. Her son is in the services.10help [singular, uncountable] formal help that you give to someonebe at somebody’s service (=be available to help someone, or for someone to use) My secretary is at your service.be of service (to somebody) (=help someone) Can I be of any service?do somebody a service (=do something that will help someone) He did her a service by telling her the truth.11checks on a car/machine [countable] an examination and repair of a machine or car to keep it working properly: I’m getting the bus home – my car’s in for a service.12tennis/ball game [countable] an act of hitting a ball through the air in order to start a game, especially in tennis: It’s your service.13on a motorway services [plural] British English a place near a motorway where you can stop and have a meal or drink, or buy food, petrol etc → service station: How far is it to the next services?14plates/cups etc [countable] a set of plates, bowls, cups etc that match each other15bus/train/plane etc [countable usually singular] British English a regular journey made by a bus, train, boat etc to a particular place at a particular time: the 8:15 service to Cambridge16 be in service/go into service British English to be working or start working as a servant in someone’s house, especially in the past →
domestic service
17legal document [uncountable] formal when someone is given a legal document telling them that they must do something or that something is going to happen: the service of a summons18for services rendered formal for work you have done or help you have given: payment for services rendered →
active service
, lip service
, → press somebody/something into service
at press2(13)
service1 noun
service2 verb
serviceservice2 ●●○ verb [transitive]
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1if someone services a machine or vehicle, they examine it and do what is needed to keep it working well: The plumber came to service the boiler.have something serviced I'm having the car serviced next week.GRAMMARService is often used in the passive in this meaning. →
servicing
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repair
2to provide people with something they need or want: schools that service local communities3service a debt/loan technical to pay the interest on a debt
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service
[ˈsɜ:vɪs]serviced, servicing, services
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服务(94%),保养(2%),服役(1%),发球(1%),提供服务(1%),维护(1%)
n.服务,服侍;服役;仪式
adj.服务性的;耐用的;服现役的
vt.维修,检修;保养
n.(Service)人名;(英)瑟维斯
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