| 词汇 | serve |
| 释义 | serve verb uk /sɜːv/ us /sɝːv/ serveverb (PROVIDE FOOD/DRINK)A2[ I or T ] 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。 be served withWe 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。 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. Providing & serving meals bowl of something bus cakeage cater catering dish dish something out gourmet ladle place plate plate something up replate rustle rustle something up table wait wait at table(s)idiom wait on someone/something whip something up serveverb (WORK)C1[ I or T ] to work for; to do your duty to: （为…）工作;（为…）服务;尽职责 serve inHe served in the army for 22 years.他服了22年兵役。 serve onShe has served on the committee for the last 15 years.15年来，她一直在该委员会任职。 serve underHe served under Ronald Reagan as Secretary of State.他在罗纳德‧里根手下担任国务卿。 He served for eight years as Speaker of the House of Representatives.他做了8年的众议院议长。 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.艺术评审委员会的成员任期最多为3年。 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. Applying for a job acqui-hire advertisement anoint anointed applicant EDIB elect employ employable employment employment agency nominate nomination nominee recruitment drive referee rehire reinstate reinstatement relocation expenses serveverb (HELP ACHIEVE)C1[ I or T ] to help achieve something or to be useful as something: 有助于实现；（对…）有用 serve a purposeAn official investigation would not serve any useful purpose.正式调查不会达到什么有益的成效。 serve asThe 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。 [ + to infinitive ]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。 serve forold-fashionedMy umbrella will serve for a weapon.我的伞可以当武器用。 useless uselessWe have cleared out carloads of useless junk. no useMoney is no use if it's just sitting there. serve no purposeSuch warnings serve no purpose other than to scare the public. pointlessShe sees cleaning as a pointless exercise since everything is going to get dirty again. worthlessThe majority of objects in the exhibition are worthless junk. [ I or T ]mainly US If something serves you, it is good or helpful for you: If your anger doesn't serve you, let it go. You're growing and changing, so your "stick with it" motto may not be serving you well. She has a very forceful personality which will serve her well in politics.她的个性十分坚强，这对她从政非常有利。 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?这些练习有什么用处吗？ The museum serves as a reminder of this terrible episode in recent history. Performing a function act act as something discharge function as something/someone functional functionalist high-performance hyperfunction man manned multifunction multifunctional on itidiom operate purpose run take undischarged work work a treatidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Useful or advantageous serveverb (PROVIDE STH NECESSARY)[ T ] 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。 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. Giving, providing and supplying accommodate accommodate someone with something administer administration afford arm someone with something be good for somethingidiom hand something around hand something back hand something down hand something in outfit provision put something on re-equip re-equipment reassign reassignment render tender serveverb (DEAL WITH CUSTOMER)B1[ T ] 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 UKAre you being served, madam?女士，有服务员招待您吗？ USHave 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。 Selling auction Black Friday bundle bundle something with something bundling concession hock MLM network marketing outsell oversell panic selling ply saleable sales drive sales pitch salesmanship sell out sell something off undercut serveverb (SPEND TIME)C2[ T ] to spend a period of time doing something: 花费，度过（一段时间） serve something in prisonHe served four years in prison for robbery.他因抢劫坐了4年牢。 serve an apprenticeshipAfter 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。 Spending time & time passing all the time in the worldidiom Anno Domini drag on elapse employ fall gone kill time, an hour, etc.idiom misspend pass roll roll by run out slip the sands of time idiom time's a great healeridiom timekeeper wear wear on while something away serveverb (HIT BALL)[ I or T ] 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。 Tennis & racket sports ace alley approach shot backcourt ball boy ball girl chip forecourt forehand knock up mixed doubles outhit paddleball padel passing shot pelota seed shuttlecock string tramlines serveverb (GIVE DOCUMENT)[ T ] law specialized to 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 serve a writ onLess 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。 be served withEach 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。 Taking legal action abatement order ambulance-chasing appear for someone bring bring an action complainant enter indict indictment lawyer lawyer up legal action litigant litigate petitioner prosecute prosecution prosecutorial reindict reindictment Idiomsif my memory serves me right serve someone right Phrasal verbsserve out serve something out serve something up serve (something) up serve noun[ C ] uk /sɜːv/ us /sɝːv/(alsoservice) in sports such as tennis, the act of hitting the ball to the other player to start play: （在网球等体育运动中）发（球） It's your serve.该你发球了。 break someone's serveMurray broke Federer's serve (= he won a game in which Federer hit the ball first).穆雷破了费德勒的发球局。 Tennis & racket sports ace alley approach shot backcourt ball boy ball girl chip forecourt forehand knock up mixed doubles outhit paddleball padel passing shot pelota seed shuttlecock string tramlines serve | American Dictionaryserve verb us/sɜrv/ serveverb (HELP)[ I/T ] (esp. of a person working in a restaurant or store) to help a customer by getting what someone needs or by showing or selling goods, or to provide food or drinks to a customer or guest: [ T ]We’ve been in the restaurant for half an hour and we’re still waiting to be served. [ T ]Breakfast is served between seven and nine every morning. [ I/T ]We’ll be ready to serve (lunch) soon. [ I/T ] To serve is also to provide an area or group of people with something that is needed: [ T ]As long as I am your representative, I will continue to serve the needs of this community. serveverb (WORK)[ I/T ] to work for, or to carry out your duty: [ I ]He served in the US Navy for twelve years. [ T ]If memory serves me right (= If I am remembering correctly), I was 13 at the time. serveverb (SPEND TIME)[ T ] to spend a period of time in a job or activity: He served three terms in the senate. serveverb (HELP ACHIEVE)[ I/T ] to help achieve something, or to be useful as something: [ + to infinitive ]Tougher prison sentences, he said, will serve to deter crime. [ I ]The sofa can serve as (= be used as) a bed for a couple of nights. serveverb (HIT BALL)[ I/T ] (in tennis and other sports) to hit the ball to the other player or team as a way of starting play Idiomit serves someone right Phrasal verbsserve out something serve up something serve noun[ C ] us/sɜrv/ servenoun[C] (HITTING BALL)(in tennis and other sports) the act of hitting the ball to the other player or team to start play : He's got a powerful serve. serve | Business Englishserve verb uk /sɜːv/us [ T ] to provide people or a place with products or services or something that is needed: serve customers/clients There is a new 24-hour bus that serves the airport. [ I or T ] to help achieve something or to be useful as something: serve to do sthThe new procedures serve to stop economic growth. The phone application needs to serve a purpose. [ T ] COMMERCE in a shop, restaurant, or hotel, to deal with a customer by taking their order, showing or selling them goods, etc.: She spends all day on the shop floor serving customers. Are you being served? [ I or T ] to provide food or drinks: He was served dinner in his room. Breakfast is served between 7 and 9. [ I or T ] to spend time doing a job, training for a job, or having a responsibility: serve as sthHe became a city commissioner and went on to serve as mayor. After serving an apprenticeship with his father, he received a scholarship to study in Italy. [ T ] LAW to give a legal document to someone, demanding that they go to a court of law or that they obey an order: The pension trustees served a writ last Friday in New York. serve sb with sthShe was served with a summons to court. Phrasal verbserve sth out Examples of serveserve This evidence suggests that planning and control each serve a specialized purpose utilizing distinct visual representations. The possibility remains, however, that the pamphlet was not used in performance but served a purely symbolic purpose. And finally, what purposes (psychological, social, cultural) does such canon formation serve? The teachers, as working women who were active in civic affairs, served as role models to the pupils. It is not clear how dynamical systems serve as a psychological explanation as opposed to a complex description of behavior. When the server starts up, it parses the configuration file, and if there are no errors found, immediately starts serving requests. Often, the legal system (and/or its functionaries) serves as a barrier to any proper resolution of the questions surrounding the narrative and plot structure. The core of the material is presented in sufficient detail that the survey may serve as a text for teaching constrained global optimization. Our paper served to report about specific systems, a composition, and a performance. The notion of "change over time" in dream content (from ancestral themes to current themes) is problematic because such change would serve no obvious function. Along with fundoscopy, individual color spaces may serve for monitoring early functional changes and thereby to support a treatment strategy. In fact, the controlled laboratory events that served as the mnemonic targets of this investigation were relatively pedestrian. This is a reasonable assumption because individual trees serving as parents are usually selected randomly from natural populations. The differences in the contexts in which these vessels were used indicate that they varied in their suitability to serve in social strategies. The food is typically served only after any business, such as praying, is complete, and only then is there much conversation. See all examples of serve These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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