serve

英[sɜːv]美[sɜːrv]
  • v. 服务；侍候；担任；可作 … 用；度过；对待
  • n. 发球

    • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    -serv-服务+-e动词词尾来自拉丁语servire，服务，服侍，来自servus，奴隶，仆人，可能来自*ser，连接，排列，词源同series,serial.引申诸相关词义。
    谐音记忆法
    谐音：色舞，为客人服务时不要眉飞色舞。
      verb(动词)
      1. [ I or T ] 提供（食物或饮料）
      2. [ I or T ] （为…）工作;（为…）服务;尽职责
      3. [ I or T ] 有助于实现；（对…）有用
      4. [ T ] 为…提供所需物品，供应
      5. [ T ] 接待；招待；为…服务
      6. [ T ] 花费，度过（一段时间）
      7. 服刑;蹲监狱
      8. [ I or T ] （在网球等体育运动中）发（球）
      9. [ T ] 将…正式送达
      noun(名词)
      1. （在网球等体育运动中）发（球）

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. [ I or T ] 提供（食物或饮料）

      Do they serve meals in the bar?

      这家酒吧提供饭菜吗？

      Breakfast is served in the restaurant between 7.00 and 11.00.

      餐馆早上7点到11点供应早餐。

      We arrived at the hotel and were served with champagne and canapés.

      我们到达宾馆后，宾馆提供了香槟和小吃。

      All recipes in this book, unless otherwise stated, will serve (= be enough for) four to five people.

      本书里的所有食谱，除了特别标明的，都可供4至5人享用。

      Serve the pie warm with ice cream or whipped cream.

      趁热上果馅糕点，配上冰淇凌或掼奶油。

    2. [ I or T ] （为…）工作;（为…）服务;尽职责

      He served in the army for 22 years.

      他服了22年兵役。

      She has served on the committee for the last 15 years.

      15年来，她一直在该委员会任职。

      He served under Ronald Reagan as Secretary of State.

      他在罗纳德?里根手下担任国务卿。

    3. [ I or T ] 有助于实现；（对…）有用

      An official investigation would not serve any useful purpose.

      正式调查不会达到什么有益的成效。

      The judge said that the fine would serve as a warning to other drivers.

      法官说此次罚款对其他司机会是一种警告。

      In the absence of anything better the settee could serve as a bed for a couple of nights.

      如果没有更好的选择，长沙发可以当几天床用。

      Nothing serves to explain the violent fighting we have seen recently.

      什么都无法解释我们最近所目睹的暴力斗殴。

      My umbrella will serve for a weapon.

      我的伞可以当武器用。

    4. [ T ] 为…提供所需物品，供应

      The report says the police are out of touch with the communities that they serve.

      这份报告指出，警方对他们所服务的社区毫不了解。

    5. [ T ] 接待；招待；为…服务

      Are you being served, madam?

      女士，有服务员招待您吗？

      Have you been served, ma'am?

      女士，有服务员招待过您了吗？

      That's the restaurant where they refused to serve John because he was so rude.

      就是那家餐馆拒绝接待约翰，因为他太粗鲁。

    6. [ T ] 花费，度过（一段时间）

      He served four years in prison for robbery.

      他因抢劫坐了4年牢。

      After he'd served his apprenticeship he set up his own business.

      他学徒期满后自立门户。

    7. 服刑;蹲监狱

      He's serving time for drug offences.

      他因毒品犯罪正在服刑。

    8. [ I or T ] （在网球等体育运动中）发（球）

      Whose turn is it to serve?

      轮到谁发球了？

      That's the third ace you've served this game.

      那是你在这局比赛中第3次发球得分。

    9. [ T ] 将…正式送达

      Less than two weeks ago Gough finally served a writ on Slater, claiming damages for alleged loss of royalties.

      不到两个星期以前，高夫终于将传票送达给斯莱特，要求对其所涉及的版税损失作出赔偿。

      Each person served with a summons will be given six weeks before they have to appear in the Magistrates' Court.

      每一个收到传票的人在地方法院出庭之前都有6个星期的时间。

    noun(名词)
    1. （在网球等体育运动中）发（球）

      It's your serve.

      该你发球了。

      Murray broke Federer's serve (= he won a game in which Federer hit the ball first).

      穆雷破了费德勒的发球局。

    小知识

    To serve is to perform a role or function. While your co-worker is out sick, you gladly serve as his replacement until he gets better.

    Serve comes from the Latin word for servant or slave, but you can serve people without being subordinate to them. You might serve your family hamburgers for dinner, or serve the tennis ball. If you serve a cause, you devote yourself to it. Bug repellant will serve you well on a summer fishing trip. In prison you serve time. If you're elected Mayor, you'll serve a term of three or four years.

    实用短语

    1. serve as

      作为,充当,起作用,用作

    2. serve right

      活该,给应得的待遇,该死,罪有应得

    3. right to serve

      发球权

    4. serve sb right

      活该,给某人应得的待遇,罪有应得,某人活该

    5. serve receive

      接发球

    6. long high serve

      发高远球

    7. twist serve

      外旋发球,强烈旋转球,外旋式发球,反旋发球

    8. serve food

      上菜,提供食物,端菜上桌

    常用短语

    1. serve as

      担任…，充当…；起…的作用

    2. serve for

      充当；被用作；起…的作用

    3. serve with

      向……提供

    4. serve the people

      为人民服务

    5. serve under someone

      在某人部下服役，在某人麾下,source:ad

    6. serve the purpose

      管用；有助于解决

    7. serve on

      vt. 担任…的职；担当（担任）；成为…中的一员

    8. serve two masters

      ◎侍奉二主，不忠,source:ad

    9. serve the needs of

      符合……的需要

    10. first serve

      第一发球；先招待

    11. serve up

      上菜，准备饭菜

    12. serve food

      提供食品；上菜

    13. serve in the army

      服兵役

    14. serve out

      分发口粮，服满

    15. right to serve

      发球权

    16. serve notice

      正式通知

    17. serve dinner

      开晚餐，上菜

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    serve,conduct,shoulder,tackle
    serve ：服务；供（某人）饭菜；供职、服役
    conduct ：行为，品德，指导，指挥，管理，经营
    shoulder ：肩膀，肩部
    tackle： 应付，对付，处理
    单词解说
    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。
    同根单词
    service n.服务

    同义词

    vt.供给,供应,提供

    furnish  /  present  /  supply  /  deliver

    vt.帮助

    assist  /  work  /  for  /  help

    其他释义

    help  /  oblige  /  cater  /  benefit  /  work  /  dish  /  present  /  function  /  attend  /  assist  /  suffice  /  soldier  /  deliver  /  furnish  /  for  /  supply

    同根词

    词根：serve

    adj.

    serving用于上菜的

    serviceable有用的，可供使用的；耐用的

    n.

    server发球员；服伺者；服勤者；伺候者

    serving服务；上菜；一份食物

    serviceability可用性，适用性；使用可靠性；[计] 可服务性；可维修性

    servicing维修

    v.

    serving服务（serve的ing形式）

    servicing为…服务（service的ing形式）