serve是什么意思？

serve

英[sɜ:v] 美[sɜrv]

• vt.& vi. （为…）服务，任（职），提供，端上；
• vt. 招待，（为…）工作，对…有用，向…供应；
• vi. 适合，服役，供职，[网球、羽毛球]发球；
• n. 网球等发球，发球权，所发的球；

第三人称单数：serves;

过去式：served;

过去分词：served;

现在分词：serving;

例句

• It seems to serve no visible use. 这东西看不出有明显的用途。
• The dish is too shallow to serve soup in. 盘子太浅, 盛不了汤。
• This suitcase will serve for a seat. 这只旅行箱可以用作座椅。
• The company will serve a meal at noon to all staff workers. 该公司将为所有职员提供午餐。
• The manager of the restaurant has trained the waitress to serve correctly at table. 饭馆的经理训练过那位女服务员如何正确地招待顾客。
• He continued to suppress the people and serve the imperialists. 他继续镇压人民,为帝国主义效劳。
• Air hostesses all smile when they serve the passengers. 空姐们为乘客服务时总是满脸笑容。
• They drafted her to serve as their delegate. 他们选她当代表。
• The job of a politician is to serve the whole community. 政治家的职责是为全体大众服务。
• After become effective of property insurance contract, those who serve as insurance mark insurance belongings reachs his to concern a benefit, because the meeting is buying and selling, given, accede to wait for the happening of the circumstance and be tr 财产保险合同生效后，作为保险标的的保险财产及其有关利益，会由于买卖、赠予、继续等情况的发生而转移，保险标的转让后，保险利益当然会随之转移给保险标的的受让人。

同义词

• vt.
  serve的同义词之：供给,供应,提供
  furnish, present, supply, deliver,
  serve的同义词之：帮助
  assist, work, for, help,
• serve的同义词之：其他释义
  help, oblige, cater, benefit, work, dish, present, function, attend, assist, suffice, soldier, deliver, furnish, for, supply,

词组

• if my memory serves me
  if I remember correctly 如果我没记错的话
• serve at table
  act as a waiter 当侍者
• serve someone right
  be someone's deserved punishment or misfortune 罪有应得；活该
• serve one's time
  (主美亦作 serve out one's time)hold office for the normal period 任期内任职
• serve one's/its turn
  be useful 有用；起作用
• serve someone's turn
  be useful to someone 对某人有用
• serve two masters
  take orders from two superiors or follow two conflicting or opposing principles or policies at the same time 侍二主，听命于两个原则相左的上级
• serve out
  (Tennis)win the final game of a set or match while serving (网球)发球赢得一局的最后一场
• serve (someone) right
  To be deserved under the circumstances 应得：在某些条件下应该

英语四级真题

They don't just feed the home they serve.
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The traditional textbook merely serves as a skeleton.
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We need to continue to value broad preparation in thinking skills that will serve for a lifetime.
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英语六级真题

Smith's book serves as an excellent introduction to a vast subject, and will suggest plenty of further
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It serves as a guide to arts and commerce
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Corporations in Germany realized that there was an interest to be served economically and patriotically in building up a skilled labor force at home; we never had that ethos (风气)," says Richard Sennett, a New York University sociologist who has written about the connection of craft and culture.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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
• VERB
  对…有用;能满足…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... 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。
• VERB
  (给…)提供，端上(食物);上(菜);开(饭)
  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... 趁热上蛋糕。
• VERB
  (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.
  例句
  Garnish with fresh herbs. Serves 4. 配以新鲜香草，4 人份。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  ...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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  Serves her right for being so stubborn. 她太固执了，活该。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  (为…)服务; 任(职)
  The manager of the restaurant has trained the waitress to serve correctly at table. 饭馆的经理训练过那位女服务员如何正确地招待顾客。 Computers have also begun serving agriculture. 计算机也开始为农业服务了。
  提供, 端上
  The company will serve a meal at noon to all staff workers. 该公司将为所有职员提供午餐。
• vt.
  向…供应
  The restaurant serves nice food. 这家饭馆供应的饭菜不错。
  度过(某段时间)
  She served two years in prison for theft. 她因偷窃服了两年刑。
• vi.
  作(…)之用，符合(…)需要，可作(…)目的
  This suitcase will serve for a seat. 这只旅行箱可以用作座椅。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play;
  "his powerful serves won the game"
• Verb
  1. serve a purpose, role, or function;
  "The tree stump serves as a table""The female students served as a control group""This table would serve very well""His freedom served him well""The table functions as a desk"
  2. do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function;
  "He served as head of the department for three years""She served in Congress for two terms"
  3. contribute or conduce to;
  "The scandal served to increase his popularity"
  4. be used by; as of a utility;
  "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities""The garage served to shelter his horses"
  5. help to some food; help with food or drink;
  "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself"
  6. provide (usually but not necessarily food);
  "We serve meals for the homeless""She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.""The entertainers served up a lively show"
  7. devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas;
  "She served the art of music""He served the church""serve the country"
  8. promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to;
  "Art serves commerce""Their interests are served""The lake serves recreation""The President's wisdom has served the counrty well"
  9. spend time in prison or in a labor camp;
  "He did six years for embezzlement"
  10. work for or be a servant to;
  "May I serve you?""She attends the old lady in the wheelchair""Can you wait on our table, please?""Is a salesperson assisting you?""The minister served the King for many years"
  11. deliver a warrant or summons to someone;
  "He was processed by the sheriff"
  12. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity;
  "A few words would answer""This car suits my purpose well""Will $100 do?""A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school""Nothing else will serve"
  13. do military service;
  "She served in Vietnam""My sons never served, because they are short-sighted"
  14. mate with;
  "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes"
  15. put the ball into play;
  "It was Agassi's turn to serve"

行业词典

• 体育： 发球；伺服机构；随动系统；
  旅游： 发球；
  法律： 送达；保外执行；