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VERB
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.
例句
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。
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。
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VERB
(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.
例句
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。
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。
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VERB
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.
例句
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。
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。
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VERB
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.
例句
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。
...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
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VERB
对…有用;能满足…的需要;符合…的利益
Something that serves someone's interests benefits them.
例句
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。
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。
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VERB
(给…)提供，端上(食物);上(菜);开(饭)
When you serve food and drink, you give people food and drink.
例句
Serve it with French bread...
把它和法式面包一起端上去。
Serve the cakes warm...
趁热上蛋糕。
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VERB
(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.
例句
Garnish with fresh herbs. Serves 4.
配以新鲜香草，4 人份。
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VERB
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.
例句
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。
Auntie and Uncle suggested she serve in the shop.
阿姨和叔叔建议她去商店工作。
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VERB
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.
例句
Immigration officers tried to serve her with a deportation order...
移民局官员试图向她下达驱逐令。
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。
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VERB
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.
例句
...Leo, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder...
因谋杀罪正在服无期徒刑的利奥
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。
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VERB
(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.
例句
He served 17 double faults...
他有 17 次双发失误。
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。
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N-COUNT
(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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
Serves her right for being so stubborn.
她太固执了，活该。