1.[t][i]（给某人）提供；端上to give sb food or drink, for example at a restaurant or during a meal
Breakfast is served between 7 and 10 a.m.早餐供应时间从上午 7 点到 10 点。
Pour the sauce over the pasta and serve immediately.把酱汁浇在意大利面上就立刻上桌。
Shall I serve?现在上菜好吗？
Serve the lamb with new potatoes and green beans.羊肉配新鲜土豆和青刀豆一起上。
They served a wonderful meal to more than fifty delegates.他们招待五十多位代表吃了一餐美味佳肴。
The delegates were served with a wonderful meal.代表们受到款待，吃了一餐美味佳肴。
She served us a delicious lunch.她招待我们吃了一顿可口的午餐。
The quiche can be served hot or cold.蛋奶馅饼热吃也行，冷吃也行。
2.[t]~ sb/sth够…吃（或用）to be enough for sb/sth
This dish will serve four hungry people.这饭够四个饥饿的人吃。
3.[t][i]~ (sb)接待；服务to help a customer or sell them sth in a shop/store
Are you being served?有人接待您吗？
She was serving behind the counter.她在柜台服务。
4.[t]~ sth/sb对…有用；能满足…的需要to be useful to sb in achieving or satisfying sth
These experiments serve no useful purpose .这些实验没有任何实际意义。
Most of their economic policies serve the interests of big business.他们的经济政策多半符合大企业的利益。
How can we best serve the needs of future generations?我们怎样才最能满足后代子孙的需要？
His linguistic ability served him well in his chosen profession.他的语言能力对他所选择的职业大有帮助。
5.[t]（向某地或某群体）供应，提供to provide an area or a group of people with a product or service
The centre will serve the whole community.这个中心将为整个社区提供服务。
The town is well served with buses and major road links.这座城市乘坐公共汽车很方便，与干线公路的联接也很发达。
6.[i]~ (as sth)可用作，可当…使（尤指别无选择时）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.沙发可以当床凑合一两夜。
7.[i][t]产生…的效果（或结果）to have a particular effect or result
The judge said the punishment would serve as a warning to others.法官说这种惩罚将对其他人起到杀一儆百的作用。
The attack was unsuccessful and served only to alert the enemy.进攻未奏效，反而使敌人警觉起来。
8.[i][t]（为…）工作，服务，履行义务，尽职责to work or perform duties for a person, an organization, a country, etc.
He served as a captain in the army.他曾是一名陆军上尉。
She served in the medical corps.她在医务部队服过役。
He served under Edward Heath in the 1970s.他曾于 20 世纪 70 年代在爱德华 ) 希思手下任职。
I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community.我想找一个能够为公众服务的工作岗位。
He served the family faithfully for many years(= as a servant) .他忠心耿耿，伺候这家人多年。
9.[t][i]任期为；担任（职务）时间达；培训期为to spend a period of time in a particular job or training for a job
He served a one-year apprenticeship.他做了一年的学徒。
She was elected to serve as secretary of the local party.她当选为地方党组织的书记。
10.[t]~ sth服（刑）to spend a period of time in prison
prisoners serving life sentences服无期徒刑的囚犯
She is serving two years for theft.她因盗窃罪正在服两年徒刑。
He has served time(= been to prison) before.他以前坐过牢。
11.[t]把…送达；向（某人）送交to give or send sb an official document, especially one that orders them to appear in court
to serve a writ/summons on sb把令状╱传票送达某人
to serve sb with a writ/summons向某人送交令状╱传票
12.[i][t]发（球）to start playing by throwing the ball into the air and hitting it
Who's serving?谁发球？
She served an ace.她发球直接得分。
Left you, did she? It serves you right for being so selfish.她离开了你，是吗？那你活该，你太自私了。
Left you, did she? It serves you right for being so selfish.她离开了你，是吗？那你活该，你太自私了。
1.发球the action of serving the ball to your opponent
He might suddenly find himself in a fight--initiating one--and the smallest incident may serve as a trigger.
他会突然发现他自己变得一触即发，极小的事情会成为导火索而引爆。
I'll start out with a quick example of a standard Java Archive file procedure, which will serve as a foundation for the tips that follow.
我将以一个标准JavaArchive文件产生过程的简单示例开始，这将作为以下技巧的基础。
On Monday, a State Department spokesman said he doubts Mr. Ahmadinejad's appearance before the council would serve a positive purpose.
美国国务院发言人星期一表示，他对艾哈迈迪内贾德在安理会上露面是否有正面效果表示怀疑。
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.
一个新人有他自己的道德义务，既然国家将大笔支出用于他的教育，那他就应该为自己的国家服务。
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.
这是一种荣幸为您服务，我们的创造者，我很快就回我回家给你带来与神的更高的地方，我们有准备。
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.
胜出的投标方将在未来30年塑造印度空军的格局，为胜出国与印度建立战略合作伙伴关系奠定基石。
Though Murray faced up to four years in state prison, it isn't clear how much time he will actually serve.
尽管默里面临着州立监狱最高四年的有期徒刑，但他实际上会服刑多长时间目前尚不清楚。
Knowledge is going to have to serve as the fulcrum of progress or provide the key to a decent survival.
知识必将成为发展的支柱，也将是改善生存环境的关键所在。
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.
普京已经为连续两次的总统任期做好准备，这样就能使他一直当权到2024年，那时他将71岁。
Letting customers help themselves. Provision of a self-serve site, easy to use without assistance, can help in this respect.
让顾客自助。供应自助服务的站点，不用协助就可方便使用，可对这方面有所帮助。
Training received by a public servant and his academic record shall serve as one of the bases for his assessment, appointment and promotion.
公务员培训情况、学习成绩作为公务员考核的内容和任职、晋升的依据之一。
I remember one man who kept ordering me to get his food and demanding things we did not serve. He was also very critical.
我记得一个男人不断地支使我为他拿食物，并提出超范围的服务要求，非常吹毛求疵。
He said the three plants also would help Volvo more easily serve different regions of China.
他说，这三个工厂同时也将帮助沃尔沃更方便的服务中国不同的区域。
Last time I did some pleasant shopping in hangzhou tower. The shop assistant went out of his way to serve me.
我上次去杭州大厦做了一次愉快的购物，营业员不厌其烦的为消费者服务，特别的好。
Medical students with previous hospital volunteer experience did not indicate greater willingness to serve as a hospice volunteer.
曾担任过医院志工的医学生较不愿意参与安宁疗护志工工作；
No more wimpy returns on second serve, Andy Roddick promised. No more going into a defensive shell when the balls are not in his hands.
安迪罗迪克承诺，不再有懦弱的回球。在对手发球局中，不再退而防守。
I mourn sincerely the death of my dear uncle, the King, but I know I may count on you to serve me as loyally as you served him.
我为我叔父--国王的死感到深切的哀痛，但我坚信你们会服务于我，如对他那般的忠诚。
In 1958, just as he finished making the movie "King Creole, " Elvis received notice that he had to serve in the United States Army.
1958年，正当他演罢电影《克里奥尔王》的时候，他接到通知必须在美国军队中服役。
We need not think in terms of excessive fortes at all times; the thrust can serve mezzo forte or piano sonorities as well.
我们不必考虑一直保持着过度的强音；推力可以适合钢琴的中强音或弹奏响亮的强音。
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
即便如此，我们所侍奉的神能将我们从烈火的窑中救出来。王阿，他也必救我们脱离你的手。
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