serves
- v.服务;(给某人)提供;接待;端上;够…吃(或用)
- serve的第三人称单数
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.Serve it with French bread...
把它和法式面包一起端上去。
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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.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.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。
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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.Immigration officers tried to serve her with a deportation order...
移民局官员试图向她下达驱逐令。
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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....Leo, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder...
因谋杀罪正在服无期徒刑的利奥
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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.He served 17 double faults...
他有 17 次双发失误。
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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.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.Serves her right for being so stubborn.
她太固执了，活该。
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The company serves the national automotive aftermarket with a broad range of accessory and recreational-vehicle products .
该公司为全国汽车零配件市场提供各种零配件和休闲旅游车产品。
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In another restaurant , all of the dishes and desserts it serves are 3D-printed , rather than farm to table ．
在另一家餐厅,提供的所有菜肴和甜点都是3D打印的,而不是从农场送到餐桌上的。
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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。
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Your feet must be behind the line when you serve .
发球时你的脚必须站在底线的外面。
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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？
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A brief dip into history serves to confirm this view .
随便翻阅一下历史就足以证实这种观点。
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What time do you serve dinner ?
你们什么时候供应主餐？
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The centre will serve the whole community .
这个中心将为整个社区提供服务。
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The sofa will serve as a bed for a night or two .
沙发可以当床凑合一两夜。
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Serve the wine at room temperature .
这种葡萄酒宜室温饮用。
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She was elected to serve as secretary of the local party .
她当选为地方党组织的书记。
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The experiments serve no useful purpose .
这些实验毫无用处。
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These experiments serve no useful purpose .
这些实验没有任何实际意义。
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Serve the lamb with new potatoes and green beans .
羊肉配新鲜土豆和青刀豆一起上。
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Local councillors have a duty to serve the community .
地方议员有义务为社区服务。
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They serve good French cooking .
他们供应美味的法国菜。
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Small towns in South India serve as economic and cultural centres for the surrounding villages .
印度南部的小城镇是周围村庄的经济文化中心。
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Ha ! It serves you right !
哈！你活该！
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Shall I serve ?
现在上菜好吗？
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The police have been unable to serve a summons on him .
警方一直无法把传票送达他本人。
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Her serve was just in .
她发的球刚好落在界内。
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I 've been practising my serve for weeks .
我练发球有好几周了。
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The road serves the scattered habitations along the coast .
这条公路连接着海岸线上分散的聚居地。
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The Press Secretary serves as the President 's mouthpiece .
新闻部长担任总统的代言人。
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We serve hot and cold lunches .
我们供应冷热午餐。
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Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce .
先铺一层碎生菜叶，再把鱼放上，就可以上桌了。
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It is an offence to serve alcohol to minors .
向未成年人提供含酒精的饮料是违法的。
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He minced over to serve us .
他迈着碎步过来招待我们。
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Pour the sauce over the pasta and serve immediately .
把沙司浇在意大利面上就立刻上桌。
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The piece of furniture serves a dual purpose as a cupboard and as a table .
这件家具有两个用途，既作橱柜也作饭桌。