新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

serve

英 [sɜːv]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

serves
1. [C 可数名词] 发球
A serve in games such as tennis and badminton is the act of throwing up the ball or shuttlecock and hitting it to start play.
双语例句
例：
His second serve clipped the net.
他的第2次发球擦到了球网。
2. [C 可数名词] 发球
When you describe someone's serve, you are indicating how well or how fast they serve a ball or shuttlecock.
双语例句
例：
His powerful serve was too much for the defending champion.
他有力的发球使卫冕冠军难以招架。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

serve up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 上（菜、饮料）（同）serve）
Serve up means the same as serve.
双语例句
例：
After all, it is no use serving up TV dinners if the kids won't eat them.
归根到底，如果孩子们不肯吃，就是端上即食快餐也没有什么用。

PHRASE. 习语

it serves you right
1. 某人活该受惩罚
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.
双语例句
例：
Serves her right for being so stubborn.
她这么顽固，受到惩罚是活该。

VERB. 动词

serves , serving , served
1. [T 及物动词] 为…服务 , 为…效力
If you serve your country, an organization, or a person, you do useful work for them.
双语例句
例：
It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years.
对为国家忠心效力多年的士兵们来说，这是不公平的。
2. [I 不及物动词] 服役 , 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.
双语例句
例：
During the second world war he served with 92nd Airborne.
第二次世界大战期间，他在第92空降师服役。
例：
They have both served on the school board.
他们俩都曾在学校董事会任职。
3. [I 不及物动词] 对…有用 , 能起…作用
If something serves as a particular thing or serves a particular purpose, it performs a particular function, which is often not its intended function.
双语例句
例：
She ushered me into the front room, which served as her office.
她领我进入前厅，那儿用做她的办公室了。
例：
I really do not think that an inquiry would serve any useful purpose.
我真的认为调查不会起什么作用。
4. [T 及物动词] 供应 , 提供
If something serves people or an area, it provides them with something that they need.
双语例句
例：
This could mean the closure of thousands of small businesses which serve the community.
这意味着数以千计的为社区提供服务的小企业可能会关闭。
例：
improvements in the public water-supply system serving the Nairobi area.
内罗毕地区公共供水系统的改善。
5. [T 及物动词] 满足 , 对…有益
Something that serves someone's interests benefits them.
双语例句
例：
The economy should be organized to serve the interests of all the people.
经济规划应该符合全体民众的利益。
6. [I 不及物动词] 上（菜、饮料）
When you serve food and drinks, you give people food and drinks.
双语例句
例：
Serve it with French bread.
这个与法式面包一起上。
例：
Serve the cakes warm.
蛋糕要趁热端上来。
例：
Refrigerate until ready to serve.
在准备上桌之前要一直冷藏起来。
7. [T 及物动词] 足以供…人食用
Serve is used to indicate how much food a recipe produces. For example, a recipe that serves six provides enough food for six people.
双语例句
例：
Garnish with fresh herbs. Serves 4.
配上新鲜的香草，供4人食用。
8. [I 不及物动词] 接待（顾客）
Someone who serves customers in a shop or a bar helps them and provides them with what they want to buy.
双语例句
例：
They wouldn't serve me in any bars because I looked too young.
任何酒吧都不肯接待我，因为我看上去太年轻了。
9. [T 及物动词] 送交（令状、传票）
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.
双语例句
例：
Immigration officers tried to serve her with a deportation order.
移民局官员试图向她交送驱逐出境令。
10. [T 及物动词] 服（刑） , 做（学徒）
If you serve something such as a prison sentence or an apprenticeship, you spend a period of time doing it.
双语例句
例：
Leo, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder.
目前正因谋杀罪在服无期徒刑的利奥。
11. [I 不及物动词] （网球、羽毛球等）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.
双语例句
例：
He served 17 double faults.
他有17次双发失误。