| 词汇 | serve |
| 释义 | serve verb uk/sɜːv/ us/sɝːv/ (PROVIDE FOOD/DRINK) A2 [ I or T ]提供（食物或饮料） to provide food or drinks Do they serve meals in the bar? 这家酒吧提供饭菜吗？ Breakfast is served in the restaurant between 7.00 and 11.00. 餐馆早上7点到11点供应早餐。 We arrived at the hotel and were served with champagne and canapés. 我们到达宾馆后，宾馆提供了香槟和小吃。 All recipes in this book, unless otherwise stated, will serve (= be enough for) four to five people. 本书里的所有食谱，除了特别标明的，都可供4至5人享用。 [ + obj + adj ] Serve the pie warm with ice cream or whipped cream. 趁热上果馅糕点，配上冰淇凌或掼奶油。
(WORK) C1 [ I or T ]（为…）工作;（为…）服务;尽职责 to work for; to do your duty to He served in the army for 22 years. 他服了22年兵役。 She has served on the committee for the last 15 years. 15年来，她一直在该委员会任职。 He served under Ronald Reagan as Secretary of State. 他在罗纳德‧里根手下担任国务卿。
(HELP ACHIEVE) C1 [ I or T ]有助于实现；（对…）有用 to help achieve something or to be useful as something An official investigation would not serve any useful purpose. 正式调查不会达到什么有益的成效。 The judge said that the fine would serve as a warning to other drivers. 法官说此次罚款对其他司机会是一种警告。 In the absence of anything better the settee could serve as a bed for a couple of nights. 如果没有更好的选择，长沙发可以当几天床用。 [ + to infinitive ] Nothing serves to explain the violent fighting we have seen recently. 什么都无法解释我们最近所目睹的暴力斗殴。 old-fashioned My umbrella will serve for a weapon. 我的伞可以当武器用。
(PROVIDE STH NECESSARY) [ T ]为…提供所需物品，供应 to provide with something that is needed The report says the police are out of touch with the communities that they serve. 这份报告指出，警方对他们所服务的社区毫不了解。
(DEAL WITH CUSTOMER) B1 [ T ]接待；招待；为…服务 in a shop, restaurant, or hotel, to deal with a customer by taking their order, showing or selling them goods, etc. UK Are you being served, madam? 女士，有服务员招待您吗？ US Have you been served, ma'am? 女士，有服务员招待过您了吗？ That's the restaurant where they refused to serve John because he was so rude. 就是那家餐馆拒绝接待约翰，因为他太粗鲁。 (SPEND TIME) C2 [ T ]花费，度过（一段时间） to spend a period of time doing something He served four years in prison for robbery. 他因抢劫坐了4年牢。 After he'd served his apprenticeship he set up his own business. 他学徒期满后自立门户。 serve time 服刑;蹲监狱 to spend time in prison He's serving time for drug offences. 他因毒品犯罪正在服刑。 (HIT BALL) [ I or T ]（在网球等体育运动中）发（球） in sports such as tennis, to hit the ball to the other player as a way of starting the game Whose turn is it to serve? 轮到谁发球了？ That's the third ace you've served this game. 那是你在这局比赛中第3次发球得分。 (GIVE DOCUMENT) [ T ] law specialized将…正式送达 to give a legal document to someone, demanding that they go to a law court or that they obey an order Less than two weeks ago Gough finally served a writ on Slater, claiming damages for alleged loss of royalties. 不到两个星期以前，高夫终于将传票送达给斯莱特，要求对其所涉及的版税损失作出赔偿。 Each person served with a summons will be given six weeks before they have to appear in the Magistrates' Court. 每一个收到传票的人在地方法院出庭之前都有6个星期的时间。 Idioms if my memory serves me rightidiom (also if memory serves) 如果我没记错的话 if I remember correctly I think he was called Blake, if my memory serves me right. 如果我没记错的话，他叫布赖克。 If memory serves, we turn left here. 如果没记错的话，我们应该在这里左转。 serve someone rightidiom informal （某人）罪有应得，（某人）活该 If you say that something bad serves someone right, you mean that that person deserves it. "He hit me!" "It serves you right. You shouldn't have been so mean to him." “他打了我！”“活该。你不该对他那么不好。” Phrasal verbs serve out （网球比赛）在最后一个发球局发球并赢得该局比赛 in tennis, to serve in the last game of a set or match and win it Williams served out, taking the first set in 26 minutes. 威廉姆斯赢得了该发球局，用时26分钟赢下第一盘。 serve something out 分食（餐饮） to share an amount of food or drink between people by giving some to each We began serving out food at 12 and it was all gone by 12:20. 我们12点开始供应食物，12点20就分完了。 Rum was served out among the men. 给男人们分了朗姆酒。 继续工作，担任职务（直到事先规定的时间） to continue to work, hold a position, or stay somewhere for a period of time that has been decided Should Mr. Murphy simply serve out the rest of his contract? 墨菲先生是不是完成剩下的合同期限就可以了呢？ He served out his full five-year sentence behind bars. 他在监狱服满了整整五年的刑期。 （网球比赛）在最后一个发球局发球并赢得该局比赛 in tennis, to serve in the last game of a set or match and win it Federer served out the second set at 5-4. 费德勒第二盘以5-4领先，又赢得了最后一个发球局拿下了该盘比赛。 She served out the match with her fifth ace. 她在最后一个发球局打出第五个ace球，赢得了比赛。 serve something up 向（某人）提供 to provide something or make something available to people We were served up with a list of titles that best matched what we were looking for. 我们得到了一份符合我们寻找要求的标题清单。 serve (something) up 分（菜）;分（饭） to put food on plates for people to eat Come on everyone, I'm ready to serve up. 大家快来，我要分菜了。 Jack, could you serve up the lasagne? 杰克，你能分一下阔面条吗？ serve noun [ C ] uk/sɜːv/ us/sɝːv/ (also service) （在网球等体育运动中）发（球） in sports such as tennis, the act of hitting the ball to the other player to start play It's your serve. 该你发球了。 Murray broke Federer's serve (= he won a game in which Federer hit the ball first). 穆雷破了费德勒的发球局。 |
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