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VERB
為…服務;為…效力;為…效忠
If you serve your country, an organization, or a person, you do useful work for them.
例句
It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years...
這對那些為國效忠多年的士兵們來說是不公平的。
I have always said that I would serve the Party in any way it felt appropriate.
我一直說，只要需要，我愿意為黨效力，不管以何種方式。
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VERB
(尤指在部隊)服役;(在政府部門)任職
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.
例句
During the second world war he served with RAF Coastal Command...
二戰(zhàn)期間他在英國皇家空軍海防總隊服役。
He also served on the National Front's national executive committee...
他還曾就職于民族陣線全國執(zhí)行委員會。
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VERB
用作;可當…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.
例句
She ushered me into the front room, which served as her office...
她把我領進了她用作辦公室的前廳。
I really do not think that an inquiry would serve any useful purpose...
我真的認為調查沒有任何實際意義。
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VERB
供應(某地或某人);為…提供服務
If something serves people or an area, it provides them with something that they need.
例句
This could mean the closure of thousands of small businesses which serve the community...
這可能意味著成千上萬家服務社會的小企業(yè)將要倒閉。
...improvements in the public water-supply system serving the Nairobi area...
內羅畢地區(qū)的公共供水系統(tǒng)的改善
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VERB
對…有用;能滿足…的需要;符合…的利益
Something that serves someone's interests benefits them.
例句
The economy should be organized to serve the interests of all the people...
經濟的組織運行應符合所有人的利益。
They may well decide that their interests would be best served by joining in.
他們很有可能認定參與其中才會令其利益最大化。
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VERB
(給…)提供，端上(食物);上(菜);開(飯)
When you serve food and drink, you give people food and drink.
例句
Serve it with French bread...
把它和法式面包一起端上去。
Serve the cakes warm...
趁熱上蛋糕。
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VERB
(食物的量)足夠…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.
例句
Garnish with fresh herbs. Serves 4.
配以新鮮香草，4 人份。
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VERB
接待，服務，招待(顧客)
Someone who serves customers in a shop or a bar helps them and provides them with what they want to buy.
例句
They wouldn't serve me in any pubs 'cos I looked too young...
這些酒吧都不讓我進，因為我看上去太小了。
Auntie and Uncle suggested she serve in the shop.
阿姨和叔叔建議她去商店工作。
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VERB
送交(令狀等);把…送達
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.
例句
Immigration officers tried to serve her with a deportation order...
移民局官員試圖向她下達驅逐令。
Police said they had been unable to serve a summons on 25-year-old Lee Jones.
警方說他們無法傳喚 25 歲的李·瓊斯。
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VERB
服(刑);當(學徒)
If you serve something such as a prison sentence or an apprenticeship, you spend a period of time doing it.
例句
...Leo, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder...
因謀殺罪正在服無期徒刑的利奧
He was able to serve his apprenticeship as a trainer with Eddie Futch.
他當時師從埃迪·富齊學當拳擊教練員。
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VERB
(在網球、羽毛球等比賽中)發(fā)球
When you serve in games such as tennis and badminton, you throw up the ball or shuttlecock and hit it to start play.
例句
He served 17 double faults...
他有 17 次雙發(fā)失誤。
If you serve like this nobody can beat you.
如果你像這樣發(fā)球，沒有人可以擊敗你。
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N-COUNT
(某些球類比賽中的)發(fā)球
When you describe someone's serve, you are indicating how well or how fast they serve a ball or shuttlecock.
例句
His powerful serve was too much for the defending champion.
他的大力發(fā)球讓衛(wèi)冕冠軍難以招架。
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PHRASE
咎由自取;罪有應得;活該
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.
例句
Serves her right for being so stubborn.
她太固執(zhí)了，活該。