词汇 | serve |
释义 | serve /sɝv/ (过去式: served; 过去完成式: served; 现在进行式: serving) v.t. To attend or wait upon. 侍奉;侍候。 The butter served him faithfully for 25 years. 那仆役长忠心地侍候他达25年。 To work for. 服务。 Serve your country. 为你的国家服务。 To render spiritual obedience, as food. (精神上)顺从;崇拜。 To put on the table and distribute, as food. 上菜;端上(食物)。 We have bread enough to serve a regiment. 我们的面包足以喂饱一团兵。 Also, to wait upon at table. 招待(顾客等);侍食。 He was serving a customer. 他正在侍候顾客饮食。 To wait upon in a shop. 为(顾客)服务。 First come, first served. 先到先招待。 To be of use to, esp. as a substitute. 适用;代用。 This will serve him for an excuse. 他可用此作为藉口。 To meet the needs of; suffice. 供应;使满足。 This amount will serve my purpose. 此数足供我之所需。 To treat; deal with; act toward. 待遇;应付;对付。 He served me shamefully. 他卑鄙地待我。 To undergo; pass or spend, as a term of imprisonment. 经历;度过(如监禁时期)。 To supply at regular or stated times; provide. 按时供给;供应。 A farmer serves us with fresh eggs. 农夫供给我们新鲜鸡蛋。 To handle; work. 操纵;使用。 to serve a gun 使用枪械。 To deliver a summon or writ to; make legal service on. 送交传票或状令状于(某人);将令状送交(某人)。 The lawyer arrived to serve a writ. 律师到达递交了一张令状。 In games, as tennis, to put (the ball) into play by means of a delivery to an opponent. (网球等之)发球;开球。 To give service to; aid. 服务;帮忙。 How may we serve you? 我们要如何帮忙你呢? To promote; contribute to. 提升;贡献。 To operate (artillery). (大炮)发射。 (Of a male animal) to copulate with. (指雄性动物)与...交配。 v.i. To be employed by another; be a servant, slave, or employee; esp. to do domestic work; prepare and dish up food. 被人雇用;帮佣;作家事;调制食物。 She served in the restaurant to pay her way through college. 她在餐厅工作以付学费,完成大学教育。 To be in subjection or servitude. 服务;服从;供职。 To discharge the duties of any office or employment, as in the army or navy. 服役(如服兵役)。 He's serving in the army. 他正在军中服役。 To be sufficient; act as substitute; answer the purpose. 足供;用以替代;适合;适用。 This will serve for an excuse. 这可作为藉口。 Nothing would serve but absolute submission. 除绝对服从外,别不其他选择。 It serves to show his folly. 由这件事可以证明他的愚蠢。 To suit; be favorable; said esp. of a wind or current. 适合;利于(特指风及潮流言)。 To assist a celebrant as server at Mass. (在弥撒仪式中)充当助祭者。 In games, as tennis, to put the ball in play by sending it to an opponent in the first stroke. (网球等之)发球;开球。 phrases serve before the mast 当水手。 serve God and Mammon 【圣】事奉上帝又事奉玛门(见新约马太福音 6:24)。 serve one's time 任期届满;结束服务年限。 serve out 分配;盛上(食物等)。 serve (sb) right 对(某人)施以应得的侍应(报应)。 serve round 依次分配(食物等)。 serve sb's turn (need) 对...有用(合用)。 serve tables 【圣】(忽视精神食粮而)布施食物给贫民(见新约使徒行传 6:2)。 serve time 服刑。 serve two masters 事奉二主。 serve under sb 在(某人)手下工作。 serve up 侍候;上(菜)。 as occasion serve 一有机会就...。 as momory serves 一想起...。 n. In games, as tennis, the act of serving the ball. (网球等之)开球;发球。 Also, the ball as served or the turn for serving. 所发之球;轮到发球。 |
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