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serve AHD[sûrv] D.J.[sɜːv]K.K.[sɝv]v.(动词)served, serv.ing, serves v.tr.(及物动词)- To work for.效劳:为…工作
- To be a servant to.服侍
- To prepare and offer (food, for example):提供,准备:准备和提供(如食物):serve tea.上茶
- To place food before (someone); wait on:招待:在(某人)面前放食物;侍奉:served the guests a wonderful dinner.以盛宴招待客人们
- To provide goods and services for (customers):服务:为(顾客)提供物品或服务:a hotel that has served tourists at the same location for 30 years.一家在同一地区为旅客服务了三十年的旅馆
- To supply (goods or services) to customers.See Usage Note at service 提供服务:为顾客提供(物品或服务) 参见 service
- To assist (the celebrant) during Mass.辅祭:在弥撒中协助(神父)
- To be of assistance to or promote the interests of; aid:帮助:辅助或促进…的利益;帮助:"Both major parties today seek to serve the national interest"(John F. Kennedy)“现在两个主要政党都在追求促进国家利益”(约翰F.肯尼迪)
- To spend or complete (time):度过,历任:度过或完成(时间):served four terms in Congress.在国会任职四届
- To fight or undergo military service for:服役:为…战斗或服军役:served her country for five years in the navy.她在海军为国家服役四年
- To give homage and obedience to:服从:效忠和服从:served God.遵从上帝
- To act toward (another) in a specified way; requite:对待:以某种方式对(另一个人);报答:She has served me ill, and only that.她待我不好,仅此而已
- To copulate with. Used of male animals.交配:和…交配。用于雌性动物
- To meet the needs or requirements of; satisfy:满足:符合需要或要求;满足:serve the purpose.达到目的
- Law 【法律】
- To deliver or present (a writ or summons).送达:送或传(令状或传票)
- To present such a writ to.传送证人
- Sports To put (a ball or shuttlecock) in play, as in tennis, badminton, or jai alai.【体育运动】 发球:在游戏中发(球或羽毛球),如网球,羽毛球或回力球
- To bind or whip (a rope) with fine cord or wire.连接:用细绳或线连接或缠结(绳子)
v.intr.(不及物动词)- To be employed as a servant.受雇:被受雇当仆人
- To do a term of duty:任职:serve in the U.S. Air Force; serve on a jury.在美国空军服役;在陪审团任职
- To act in a particular capacity:作为:以某一能力工作:serve as a clerk.作为职员
- To be of service or use; function:用于:用于;当作:Let this incident serve as a reminder to future generations.让这件事成为后来人的警示
- To meet requirements or needs; satisfy:满足:符合要求或需要;满足:a device that will serve well.合适的设计
- To wait on tables:侍奉用餐:serve at luncheon.侍奉午宴
- Sports To put a ball or shuttlecock into play, as in court games.【体育运动】 发球:在游戏如对抗赛中发球
- To assist the celebrant during Mass.辅祭:在弥撒中辅助神父
n.Sports(名词)【体育运动】- The right, manner, or act of serving in many court games.发球的方式:在对抗赛中的发球权,发球方式或发球动作
serve (someone) right - To be deserved under the circumstances:应得:在某些条件下应该:Punish him; it will serve him right for what he has done to you.惩罚他;考虑到他对你的所做所为这样对他是他罪有应得
- Middle English serven 中古英语 serven
- from Old French servir 源自 古法语 servir
- from Latin servīre 源自 拉丁语 servīre
- from servus [slave] 源自 servus [奴隶]
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