serve
- v.服务；提供；接待；任期为
- n.发球
- 网络招待；供职；为…服务
第三人称单数：serves 现在分词：serving 过去式：served
serveserve
食物；饮料food/drink
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
2.[t]~ sb/sth够…吃（或用）to be enough for sb/sth
顾客customers
3.[t][i]~ (sb)接待；服务to help a customer or sell them sth in a shop/store
有用be useful
4.[t]~ sth/sb对…有用；能满足…的需要to be useful to sb in achieving or satisfying sth
提供provide sth
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
适合be suitable
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
产生某种结果have particular result
7.[i][t]产生…的效果（或结果）to have a particular effect or result
工作work
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.
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
监禁时间time in prison
10.[t]~ sth服（刑）to spend a period of time in prison
正式文件official document
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
体育运动in sport
12.[i][t]发（球）to start playing by throwing the ball into the air and hitting it
it serves sb right (for doing sth)
咎由自取；罪有应得used to say that sth that has happened to sb is their own fault and they deserve it
serve your/its turn
（在某方面或某期间）发挥作用，派上用场；足以满足…的需要to be useful for a particular purpose or period of time
serve two masters
侍奉二主（同时支持两个敌对的党派）；徘徊于两种对立原则之间to support two opposing parties, principles, etc. at the same time