serve

◎ 单词释义

v.服务；侍候；担任；可作 ... 用；度过；对待

n.发球

过去式: served 过去分词: served 现在分词: serving 第三人称单数: serves

服务，招待，接待，为...服务

供应，提供

侍候，服侍，侍应

对待

适合，适用，适宜

【律】送达

帮佣

足够，作为足够

发球

服役，供职，为...服役，任（职）

为...尽力

有用，合用，可作...用，对...有用，供...使用，能满足…的需要

端菜，斟酒，上酒，端上

服（刑）

（食物的量）够...吃

n.(名词)

（网球等运动项目）发球（权）

【网球】开球

服务

干活

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. (为…)服务,任(职) do work (for); give service (to)

vt. 向…供应 provide with sth necessary or useful

vt. & vi. 提供,端上 offer (food, drinks, a meal, etc.) for eating and drinking

vt. 度过(某段时间) pass and complete (a period of time)

vt. & vi. 符合,适用 be good enough for or suitable for (a purpose)

vt. & vi. 发(球),开(球) begin play by hitting (the ball) to the opponent

noun

1. (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play

e.g. his powerful serves won the game

Synonym: service

serve的反义词

verb

1. put the ball into play

e.g. It was Agassi's turn to serve

2. do duty or hold offices
serve in a specific function

e.g. He served as head of the department for three years
She served in Congress for two terms

3. provide (usually but not necessarily food)

e.g. We serve meals for the homeless
She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.
The entertainers served up a lively show

Synonym: serve updish outdish updish

4. help to some food
help with food or drink

e.g. I served him three times, and after that he helped himself

Synonym: help

5. mate with

e.g. male animals serve the females for breeding purposes

Synonym: service

6. deliver a warrant or summons to someone

e.g. He was processed by the sheriff

Synonym: processswear out

7. do military service

e.g. She served in Vietnam
My sons never served, because they are short-sighted

8. work for or be a servant to

e.g. May I serve you?
She attends the old lady in the wheelchair
Can you wait on our table, please?
Is a salesperson assisting you?
The minister served the King for many years

Synonym: attend towait onattendassist

9. be used by
as of a utility

e.g. The sewage plant served the neighboring communities
The garage served to shelter his horses

Synonym: service

10. devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas

e.g. She served the art of music
He served the church
serve the country

11. be sufficient
be adequate, either in quality or quantity

e.g. A few words would answer
This car suits my purpose well
Will $100 do?
A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school
Nothing else will serve

Synonym: sufficedoanswer

12. contribute or conduce to

e.g. The scandal served to increase his popularity

13. promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to

e.g. Art serves commerce
Their interests are served
The lake serves recreation
The President's wisdom has served the country well

Synonym: serve well

14. serve a purpose, role, or function

e.g. The tree stump serves as a table
The female students served as a control group
This table would serve very well
His freedom served him well
The table functions as a desk

Synonym: function

15. spend time in prison or in a labor camp

e.g. He did six years for embezzlement

Synonym: do

1. 为…服务;为…效力;为…效忠
If you serve your country, an organization, or a person, you do useful work for them.

e.g. It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years...
这对那些为国效忠多年的士兵们来说是不公平的。
e.g. I have always said that I would serve the Party in any way it felt appropriate.
我一直说，只要需要，我愿意为党效力，不管以何种方式。

2. (尤指在部队)服役;(在政府部门)任职
If you serve in a particular place or as a particular official, you perform official duties, especially in the armed forces, as a civil servant, or as a politician.

e.g. During the second world war he served with RAF Coastal Command...
二战期间他在英国皇家空军海防总队服役。
e.g. He also served on the National Front's national executive committee...
他还曾就职于民族阵线全国执行委员会。

3. 用作;可当…使用;充作
If something serves as a particular thing or serves a particular purpose, it performs a particular function, which is often not its intended function.

e.g. She ushered me into the front room, which served as her office...
她把我领进了她用作办公室的前厅。
e.g. I really do not think that an inquiry would serve any useful purpose...
我真的认为调查没有任何实际意义。

4. 供应(某地或某人);为…提供服务
If something serves people or an area, it provides them with something that they need.

e.g. This could mean the closure of thousands of small businesses which serve the community...
这可能意味着成千上万家服务社会的小企业将要倒闭。
e.g. ...improvements in the public water-supply system serving the Nairobi area...
内罗毕地区的公共供水系统的改善

5. 对…有用;能满足…的需要;符合…的利益
Something that serves someone's interests benefits them.

serve的近义词

e.g. The economy should be organized to serve the interests of all the people...
经济的组织运行应符合所有人的利益。
e.g. They may well decide that their interests would be best served by joining in.
他们很有可能认定参与其中才会令其利益最大化。

6. (给…)提供，端上(食物);上(菜);开(饭)
When you serve food and drink, you give people food and drink.

e.g. Serve it with French bread...
把它和法式面包一起端上去。
e.g. Serve the cakes warm...
趁热上蛋糕。

7. (食物的量)足够…吃
Serve is used to indicate how much food a recipe produces. For example, a recipe that serves six provides enough food for six people.

serve在线翻译

e.g. Garnish with fresh herbs. Serves 4.
配以新鲜香草，4 人份。

8. 接待，服务，招待(顾客)
Someone who serves customers in a shop or a bar helps them and provides them with what they want to buy.

e.g. They wouldn't serve me in any pubs 'cos I looked too young...
这些酒吧都不让我进，因为我看上去太小了。
e.g. Auntie and Uncle suggested she serve in the shop.
阿姨和叔叔建议她去商店工作。

9. 送交(令状等);把…送达
When the police or other officials serve someone with a legal order or serve an order on them, they give or send the legal order to them.

serve

e.g. Immigration officers tried to serve her with a deportation order...
移民局官员试图向她下达驱逐令。
e.g. Police said they had been unable to serve a summons on 25-year-old Lee Jones.
警方说他们无法传唤 25 岁的李·琼斯。

10. 服(刑);当(学徒)
If you serve something such as a prison sentence or an apprenticeship, you spend a period of time doing it.

serve是什么意思

e.g. ...Leo, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder...
因谋杀罪正在服无期徒刑的利奥
e.g. He was able to serve his apprenticeship as a trainer with Eddie Futch.
他当时师从埃迪·富齐学当拳击教练员。

11. (在网球、羽毛球等比赛中)发球
When you serve in games such as tennis and badminton, you throw up the ball or shuttlecock and hit it to start play.

e.g. He served 17 double faults...
他有 17 次双发失误。
e.g. If you serve like this nobody can beat you.
如果你像这样发球，没有人可以击败你。

12. (某些球类比赛中的)发球
When you describe someone's serve, you are indicating how well or how fast they serve a ball or shuttlecock.

e.g. His powerful serve was too much for the defending champion.
他的大力发球让卫冕冠军难以招架。

13. see also: serving

14. 咎由自取;罪有应得;活该
If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.

e.g. Serves her right for being so stubborn.
她太固执了，活该。

相关词组：serve outserve up

1. 发球：现在,我的下一个目标是解决更加恐怖的发球(serve)问题了,我的发球动作从一开始就不标准,这其中最大的问题就是握拍方式,我无法采用大陆式握拍(continental grip),这无疑是致命的.

2. 招待：3 B 词义比较常识运用逻辑推理 商家做(make)好面条,叔叔买(get)来,然后煮(cook)好,最后晚餐招待(serve)我们. cook烹调, 煮;serve(为...)接待, 侍候, 招待,端上, 摆出(餐食),开(饭),上(菜),斟(酒make制造;get获得,买到.

v.(动词)

serve的基本意思是“服务,服役”,它可指某人为他人服务、干活或为国家尽职等; 也可指某人拿出某物款待某人; 还可指某人、物、事对某人、某事等“有…用处”“满足…的需要”“适合…的目的”等。在网球或排球比赛中还可作“发(球)”解。

serve可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词、动词不定式作宾语,还可以接双宾语,其间接宾语可转换为介词to的宾语。serve有时还可接以形容词作补足语的复合宾语。

v.(动词)

serve in, serve on

这两个短语都表示“在…任职”。其区别是：

serve in用于相对较大的范围,而serve on用于相对较小的单位与机构。

v.(动词)我们的责任是为人民服务。

误

Our duty is to serve for the people.

正

Our duty is to serve the people.

析

汉语中的“服务”是不及物动词,而英语中的serve(服务)是及物动词。

☆ 12世纪后期进入英语，直接源自古法语的servir，意为发球；最初源自拉丁语的servire。

以上就是本站详细整理的词语serve是什么意思的翻译解释，供大家参考一下。