serve的意思和读音

serve

: [sɜrv] : [sɜː(r)v]

v.

n.

serves  serving  served  

v.+n.serve purpose,serve tea,serve community,serve cause,serve dinner

adv.+v.faithfully serve

v.work for,help,aid,attend,assist

servev.food/drink

1.[t][i]to give sb food or drink, for example at a restaurant or during a meal

Breakfast is served between 7 and 10 a.m. 7 10

Pour the sauce over the pasta and serve immediately.

Shall I serve?

Serve the lamb with new potatoes and green beans.

They served a wonderful meal to more than fifty delegates.

The delegates were served with a wonderful meal.

She served us a delicious lunch.

The quiche can be served hot or cold.

2.[t]~ sb/sthto be enough for sb/sth

This dish will serve four hungry people.饿

customers

3.[t][i]~ (sb)to help a customer or sell them sth in a shop/store

Are you being served?

She was serving behind the counter.

be useful

4.[t]~ sth/sbto be useful to sb in achieving or satisfying sth

These experiments serve no useful purpose .

Most of their economic policies serve the interests of big business.

How can we best serve the needs of future generations?

His linguistic ability served him well in his chosen profession.

provide sth

5.[t]to provide an area or a group of people with a product or service

The centre will serve the whole community.

The town is well served with buses and major road links.便线

be suitable

6.[i]~ (as sth)使to be suitable for a particular use, especially when nothing else is available

The sofa will serve as a bed for a night or two.

have particular result

7.[i][t]to have a particular effect or result

The judge said the punishment would serve as a warning to others.

The attack was unsuccessful and served only to alert the enemy.使

work

8.[i][t]…)to work or perform duties for a person, an organization, a country, etc.

He served as a captain in the army.

She served in the medical corps.

He served under Edward Heath in the 1970s. 20 70 )

I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community.

He served the family faithfully for many years(= as a servant) .

9.[t][i]to spend a period of time in a particular job or training for a job

He served a one-year apprenticeship.

She was elected to serve as secretary of the local party.

time in prison

10.[t]~ sthto spend a period of time in prison

prisoners serving life sentences

She is serving two years for theft.

He has served time(= been to prison) before.

official document

11.[t]to give or send sb an official document, especially one that orders them to appear in court

to serve a writ/summons on sb

to serve sb with a writ/summons

in sport

12.[i][t]to start playing by throwing the ball into the air and hitting it

Who's serving?

She served an ace.

IDM

Left you, did she? It serves you right for being so selfish.

it serves sb right (for doing sth)used to say that sth that has happened to sb is their own fault and they deserve it

Left you, did she? It serves you right for being so selfish.

serve your/its turnto be useful for a particular purpose or period of timeserve two masters);to support two opposing parties, principles, etc. at the same timen.

1.the action of serving the ball to your opponent

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n.1.;

v.1.to provide food and drink for someone to eat at a meal; to put food onto a plate for someone; to be enough food for a particular number of people2.to do a job or to perform duties for a person or organization3.to be used for a particular purpose, especially not the main or original purpose4.to help to achieve something5.to spend time in prison6.to provide a group of people or an area with something useful7.to help customers to buy goods in a store, especially by bringing them things or helping them to choose what they need8.to officially give someone a legal document that orders them to do something9.to hit a ball to your opponent in order to start playing for a point in a game such as tennis1.to provide food and drink for someone to eat at a meal; to put food onto a plate for someone; to be enough food for a particular number of people2.to do a job or to perform duties for a person or organization3.to be used for a particular purpose, especially not the main or original purpose4.to help to achieve something5.to spend time in prison6.to provide a group of people or an area with something useful7.to help customers to buy goods in a store, especially by bringing them things or helping them to choose what they need8.to officially give someone a legal document that orders them to do something9.to hit a ball to your opponent in order to start playing for a point in a game such as tennis

n.1.a hit of a ball that starts the play in a game such as tennis; a particular way of serving a ball2.an instance of telling someone that you do not approve of them or their behavior

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1.He might suddenly find himself in a fight--initiating one--and the smallest incident may serve as a trigger.

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3.On Monday, a State Department spokesman said he doubts Mr. Ahmadinejad's appearance before the council would serve a positive purpose.怀

4.A trainee also has his own moral duty to serve for the country of his origin as the country has spent huge sum of money for his education.

5.It is an honor to serve you and Our Creator and I AM returning soon to bring YOU home with Me to God's higher places which we have prepared.

6.The winning bid is expected to shape India's air power for the next three decades and serve as the bedrock of a strategic partnership.30

7.Though Murray faced up to four years in state prison, it isn't clear how much time he will actually serve.

8.Knowledge is going to have to serve as the fulcrum of progress or provide the key to a decent survival.

9.Mr Putin is well placed to serve two back-to-back presidential terms that would keep him in power until 2024 at which point he would be 71.使202471

10.Letting customers help themselves. Provision of a self-serve site, easy to use without assistance, can help in this respect.便使