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serve
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serve1 /sɜːv $ sɜːrv/ ●●● S1 W1 verb
1 food/drink 食物/饮料 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]GIVE to give someone food or drink, especially as part of a meal or in a restaurant, bar etc 提供，端上〔饭菜等〕；侍候〔某人进餐〕
2. serve two/three/four etc (people) ENOUGHif food serves two, three etc, there is enough for that number of people 〔食品〕足够两人/三人/四人等吃
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serve two/three/four etc (people)• After serving two years of her sentence, she was released on probation.• As no man can serve two masters we had long been told no wise general tries to fight on two fronts.• He gave Edberg no chance of breaking him, serving four stunning aces and a massive percentage of first services.• Newton was released after serving two years in prison.• Reagan became the first incumbent to serve two terms in the presidency since Dwight D.. Eisenhower in the 1950s.• She served three consecutive terms from 1877 to 1885, and was noted for her fearlessness and power of debate.• The new managers saw their administrative responsibilities as serving two purposes.• This story serves two important purposes.
3 shop 商店 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BBTSELL to help the customers in a shop, especially by bringing them the things that they want 接待（顾客）〔尤指为顾客取来所需之物〕，为（顾客）服务
4 be useful/helpful 有用/有帮助 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]USEFUL to be useful or helpful for a particular purpose or reason 适合作…用；对…有用
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5 do useful work 做有用的工作 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SPEND TIME to spend a period of time doing useful work or official duties for an organization, country, important person etc 为…工作；供职；服役
6 have an effect 产生效果 [intransitiveI] formalUSE something to have a particular effect or result 起作用，产生效果
7 provide STH 供应某物 [transitiveT]PROVIDE to provide an area or a group of people with something that is necessary or useful 为…提供服务，满足…的需要
9. sport 体育运动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DS to start playing in a game such as tennis or volleyball by throwing the ball up in the air and hitting it over the net 〔网球、排球等〕发（球），开（球）
10 it serves somebody right spokenDESERVE used to say that you think someone deserves something unpleasant that happens to them, because they have been stupid or unkind 某人活该，某人罪有应得
11. serve an apprenticeship BECto learn a job or skill by working for a particular period of time for someone who has a lot of experience 当学徒
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12. serve a summons/writ etc SCLto officially send or give someone a written order to appear in a court of law 发传票/令状等〔传某人出庭〕
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serve a summons/writ etc• Voice over Jaguar has already served a writ on one customer who withdrew his order.• In some ways it's like serving a writ, only in this circumstance it's entirely beneficial to the recipient.
13 serve something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v
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serve out• Then he served it out, clinching the set when a Chang forehand sailed long.• He came back and served three out of four aces.• This distressing situation served to bring out the fact that Nagumo had been assigned two tactical missions which were essentially incompatible.• One of the easier Lyrical Ballads will serve to bring out the main points of critical debate.• The new Henman reminded himself that he had not yet dropped serve and set out to maintain that.• It was the type of sentence that would have been stricken from his record had he served it out without further problems.
serve out ... term• The unspoken assumption in all the speculation is that Yeltsin is too sick to serve out his four-year term.
14 serve something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v DFGIVEto give food to someone as part of a meal 〔为某人〕端上，提供〔食物〕
→ if my memory serves me (right/well/correctly) at memory(1)Examples from the Corpus
serve up• It was Lord Woolf who reduced the minimum period they must serve.• She hated being the centre of attention, but at least it would serve to stir up an interest in her business.• In her mind she was acting under the highest orders - to give and serve and take up her cross daily.• Garnish with lime slices and serve piled up in a dish.• This drink is shaken over ice and served straight up in a martini glass.• Oh, that means you can serve this up on a net-work configuration!• Hold sauce in a warm water bath until serving time, up to 2 hours.• The program will more than double the youths it serves annually, up to 3,200 from 1,500.
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serve• The airline now serves 37 cities.• Light refreshments will be served.• Keep warm until ready to serve.• Estrada was serving a customer when the fire started.• Smith has already served a ten-year sentence for armed robbery.• School board members serve a two-year term.• It is illegal to serve alcoholic drinks to anyone under 18.• The nine-member panel of bishops serving as judges is expected to rule any day on the Righter case.• Dinner will be served at 8.30.• Andrew, will you serve coffee to the visitors?• Holt is currently serving five years for child abduction.• Reagan was serving his second term as President at the time.• Place a brioche heart or circle on top of each one, sift over the icing sugar, if using, and serve immediately.• The chef serves important guests himself.• On the other, persons who serve prison sentences need to be able to get a job and participate in society.• He served the community for over thirty years as a head teacher.• Don't forget to serve the guests first.• The center was opened four months ago to serve the health needs of a low-income neighborhood.• The new bus route will serve the villages to the west of York.• So what is the management serving the young hipsters who crowd this bar even on a weeknight?• Both the brothers had criminal records and had served time for robbery.• She met Schmidt while serving time in prison for drug possession.• Fowler was released after serving two-thirds of his sentence.• Nevertheless, by posing questions rather than serving up morals, he's caught some flak from simple-minded gay critics.• As soon as they sat down they were served with steaming bowls of soup.• But David volunteered to serve with Total Tartary.• Please fill out this questionnaire so that we may better serve you.
serving customers• Lower earnings have, in turn, forced many stores to be less generous in serving customers.• She did nothing to help but constantly chivvied the girls and interfered when they were serving customers.• Rashid and Shahid cooked up the idea while serving customers at the Sitar in Northgate, Darlington.• The woman in the grey overall serving customers looked just like anyone else.• She could almost be happy when she was serving customers or, better still, changing the window display.• Although Alice was slower than others in serving customers, she was never late and seldom absent.
serve as• The old hospital in London Road now serves as a hostel for the homeless.• They had no bathroom, so a hole in the ground served as a toilet.• Powell served as deputy national security adviser for Reagan.
serve on• LaSuer has served on the city transit board for six years.
serve as a warning• And its spectacular fall from grace should serve as a warning.• The tail is vibrated and shaken against rocks when the snake is irritated or alarmed and serves as a warning.• It should also serve as a warning against using the concept of social class in a crude explanatory manner.• His larger-than-life statue with its slightly oriental cast of features serves as a warning that you are approaching the junk food area.• The judge said the long sentence should serve as a warning to others tempted to join the illegal trade in exotic birds.
served ... sentence• But his lifestyle has lead to court appearances on drug and driving offences and he's served two jail sentences.• By the time he was released he had already served half his sentence.• Yerkes had been an embezzler in the United States and had served a prison sentence.• Police have launched a nationwide hunt for Moore, who has served a jail sentence for armed robbery.• Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Dean and others served prison sentences for conspiracy and obstruction of justice.• Proscribed as a member of illegal organizations, she served two gaol sentences in Mountjoy and Cork.• He had already served a prison sentence in New Zealand.• They were convicted in 1976 and served sentences ranging from four to 14 years with one dying in prison.
serve2 noun [countableC]
1.DSthe action in a game such as tennis or volleyball when you throw the ball in the air and hit it over the net 〔网球、排球等的〕发球 →5 see picture at 见图 tennis
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serve• My standard of tennis is at that level where merely returning a serve constitutes a match highlight.• No surprise breaks of serve, no marathon games.• The number of sets can be altered, along with whether points can or can't be won on your opponents' serve.• Rusedski's serve was broken in the fourth game of the opening set, and he did not like it.• With two serves in hand Rafter was poised to take a 6-1 lead.
From Longman Business Dictionary
serveserve /sɜːvsɜːrv/ verb
1[transitiveT]COMMERCE to supply customers with a particular product or service or with something they need
The firm plans to open a London office toserve clients with investments and businesses in Europe.
JAL Group airlines serve 208 airports in 35 countries and territories.
2[intransitiveI, transitiveT]COMMERCE to give the customers in a shop, restaurant etc the things they want to buy
Free wine will be served on flights.
3[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to spend a period of time doing a particular job, often an important one that helps the organization
If elected, she will serve a four-year term.
He had toserve an apprenticeship (=a period of training) with an accounting firm.
serve as
He has proved to be valuable in several of the companies he has served as a board member.
4serve a summons/writ/notice etcLAW to officially send or give someone a written order to appear in a court of law
serve a summons/writ/notice etc on
The manufacturing company served a writ on him after he failed to register the patent.
(1100-1200) Old French servir, from Latin servire “to be a slave, serve”, from servus “slave, servant”, perhaps from Etruscan
serve1 verb →n GRAMMAR1serve2 noun
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⇨ serve 1 (serve dinner) ⇨ serve 2 (serve a community) ⇨ meet 4 (serve a purpose) serve 1 Breakfast is served between 7 and 10 a.m. 早餐供应时间为7点到10点。 The centre serves the whole community. 本中心为整个社区提供服务。 serve ♦︎ feed ♦︎ nourish ♦︎ dish (sth) up ♦︎ cater These words all mean to provide food for sb. 这些词均表示提供食物。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ to serve / feed / nourish sb / sth with sth ◆ to feed / nourish sb / sth on sth ◆ to serve / dish up a meal ◆ to be well / properly fed / nourished ■ serve [transitive , intransitive ] to give sb food or drink, for example at a restaurant or during a meal, especially a formal meal; (of an amount of food) to be enough for sb/sth （给某人）提供，端上（尤指正餐）；（饭菜的量）够⋯吃 ◆ Breakfast is served between 7 and 10 a.m.早餐供应时间为7点到10点。 ◆ Serve the lamb with new potatoes and green beans.羊肉配新鲜土豆和青刀豆一起上。 ◆ This dish will serve four hungry people.这盘菜够四个饥饿的人吃。 ⓘ Although serve usually has an object, the object is often left out, especially in recipes or instructions for serving food. 尽管serve通常接宾语，但其宾语常省略，尤其在食谱中或指示如何上菜时 ◆ Pour the sauce over the pasta and serve immediately.把调味汁浇在意大利面上就能立刻上桌了。 ◆ Serve chilled (= used about wine or drinks) .冷藏后饮用。 ◆ Shall I serve?现在可以上菜了吗？ serving ⇨ portion ▸ service [uncountable ] ◆ The food was good but the service was very slow.饭菜不错，但上菜太慢。 ■ feed (fed , fed [transitive ] to give food to sb; to provide food for sb 给（人）食物；养，养活（某人） ◆ The baby can't feed herself yet (= can't put food into her own mouth) .这个女婴还不能自己吃东西。 ◆ They've got a large family to feed.他们要养活一大家子人。 ◆ (informal ) There's enough here to feed an army.这儿的东西足够一支军队吃。 ■ nourish ˈnʌrɪʃ; NAmE ˈnɜːrɪʃ [transitive ] to keep a person, animal or plant alive and healthy with food 抚养，滋养，养育（人、动物或植物） ◆ All the children were well nourished and in good physical condition.所有这些孩子都营养良好，身体健康。 ◆ Most plants are nourished by water drawn up through their roots.大多数植物靠根部吸收的水分得以生长。 nourishment ⇨ food ■ ˌdish ˈup ■ ˌdish sth ˈup (informal ) to serve food onto plates for a meal, especially a meal at home （尤指在家中用餐时）把（食物）盛到盘里 ◆ Should I dish up?我可以盛饭菜了吗？ ◆ He gave me a glass of wine and dished up the dinner.他递给我一杯葡萄酒，并端上晚餐。 ■ cater ˈkeɪtə(r) [intransitive , transitive ] to provide food and drinks for a social event （为社交活动）提供饮食，承办酒席 ◆ (BrE Most of our work now involves catering for weddings.我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。 ◆ (NAmE Who will be catering the wedding?谁来承办婚宴？ ▸ catering [uncountable ] ◆ Who did the catering for the wedding?婚宴是谁承办的？ serve 2 Breakfast is served between 7 and 10 a.m. 早餐供应时间为7点到10点。 The centre serves the whole community. 本中心为整个社区提供服务。 ➡ See also the entry for provide for sb 另见provide for sb条 serve ♦︎ cater for sb/sth ♦︎ cater to sb/sth These words all mean to give a group of people the things that they need or want. 这些词均表示提供所需之物。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ sb / sth is well served / catered for ◆ to serve / cater for sb / sth adequately ■ serve [transitive ] (formal ) to offer a product or service to an area or group of people （向某地或某一群体）供应产品，提供服务 ◆ The town is well served with buses and major road links.这座城市乘坐公共汽车很方便，与干线公路的连接也很发达。 ◆ The centre will serve the whole community.本中心将为整个社区提供服务。 ■ ˈcater for sb/sth to give or offer the things that a particular person or situation needs or wants 满足需要；适合 ◆ The class caters for all ability ranges.这个班对各种不同水平的人都适合。 ⓘ Cater for sb/sth is used to talk about either the wide range of things that is offered or particular things that are offered. * cater for sb/sth用于表示所提供东西的种类多样，或用于表示提供特定物品 ◆ to cater for all / a wide range of ages / tastes / abilities / interests适合不同年龄／爱好／水平／兴趣的人 ◆ to cater for individual preferences / children with special needs满足个人的喜好／有特殊需求的孩子 ■ ˈcater to sb/sth (disapproving ) to give or offer the things that a particular type of person wants 满足（某种）需要；迎合 ◆ They only publish novels which cater to the mass market.他们只出版迎合大众市场的小说。 ⓘ Organizations typically cater to the mass market, tourists, an elite or local tastes . * cater to通常与the mass market、tourists、an elite和local tastes搭配。 NOTE 辨析 cater for sb/sth, you provide the things that they need; if you cater to sb/sth you give them what they want. * cater for sb/sth表示提供所需的东西，cater to sb/sth表示提供想要的东西。
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To provide food or accommodation: accommodate, serve, cater...
To work, and to work in a particular way: work, serve, collaborate...
To help someone: help, assist, support...
Spending time in prison: behind bars, captive, captivity...
To provide something needed or missing: provide, supply, equip...
To serve customers in a shop: serve, attend to, wait on...
Judgments, verdicts and official orders: acquit, acquittal, affiliation order...
To kick or hit a ball in a game or sport: strike at, kick, play...
Actions in playing games or sports: backhand, backhander, ball...
Criticisms and accusations: criticism, attack, reproach...
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