serve vt. 1.(为…)服务;为…尽力[效劳]。 2.侍候;招待(客等)。 3.端上;摆出(食物);斟(酒)。 4.服(刑,役);供[奉](职);经历,度过。 5.符合;对…有用,对…适用,适合(目的)。 6.满足(欲望、食欲;要求;需要);供给。 7.分派,分配。 8.对待;处理。 9.操作;发射(大炮);使用(枪)。 10.主演。 11.开动。 12.【航海】卷缠(绳索等)。 13.【法律】送达(命令等)。 14.【网球】开(球);发(球)。 15.(种马等)与(母畜)交配。 to serve the people heart and soul 全心全意地为民众服务。 serve coffee hot 把咖啡趁热端上桌(供饮用)。 First come, first served. 先到的先招待。 S- the ladies first. 女客先得到供应[招待]。 Lunch is served now. 现在开午饭了。 Is there anyone to serve me 〔顾客叫服务员〕有人(给我)服务吗? What can we serve you with 〔店员对顾客〕给您拿点什么? 您要些什么? vi. 1.服务;服役;供[奉]职。 2.有用;合用;可作…用;作为 (as, for) 足够;适宜。 3.侍候;服侍;端菜;斟酒。 4.【网球】开球;发球。 5.(举行弥撒时)充当助祭。 as memory serves 每逢想起的时候。 as occasion serves 一有机会。 make the past serve the present and foreign works serve China 古为今用,洋为中用。 serve a gun 炮击。 serve an attachment 送达查封令 (on, upon)。 serve sb. a bad turn 使人吃苦头。 serve sb. a trick 欺骗某人。 serve at table 侍应人吃饭[上菜等]。 serve behind a counter 做店员;站柜台。 serve for nothing 毫不中用。 serve in the ranks 服兵役。 serve one's apprenticeship 当学徒。 serve one's sentence=serve time. serve one's time 做满任期[规定期限];服刑。 serve sb.'s turn [need] 对某人合用;够某人用。 serve oneself of 利用。 serve out 1. 分给;分配(食粮等)。 2. 端出(饭菜等);斟(酒等)。 3. 做到期满。 serve (sb.) out 使自食其果;给予报复。 serve (sb.) right 给(某人)该得的待遇 (It serves him [you] right. 他[你]活该。 He is rightly [well] served. 他算得到报应了)。 serve round 1. 挨次分派(食物)。 2. 捆上。 servetables 张罗膳食(而忽视精神需要)。 serve the Devil 干坏事;犯罪。 serve the need [turn] 有用;合用;够用。 serve the purpose of 可用于;可充当;合乎…的目的。 serve the time 骑墙观望。 serve time 服刑。 serve under sb. 在某人下面工作。 serve up 端出(饭菜等);上(菜)。 serve (sb.) with 拿出…给(某人);提供;供给。 when the tide serves 方便的时候。 n. 【网球】开球;发球。 Whose serveis it 该谁发球?
He volunteered to serve as the manager of our department store . 他自荐当我们商场的经理。
The only service i can do to my profession is to serve as a flea . 我在这个行当里做的就是跳蚤的工作。
This is not intended to serve as a text of statistical techniques . 这并不是想把它变成统计学的技术课本。
In the fall kennedy sent richard goodwin over to serve as woodward's deputy . 秋季,肯尼迪派理查德古德温去担任白德沃德的副手。
The night air is usually cool enough to serve as a deterrent to leaf mold growth . 夜间的空气通常都冷到足以抑制霉菌的生长的程度。
The purpose of that function is to serve as a clearing-house for cost reduction ideas . 其职能旨在降低成本的各种意见方面起交换所的作用。
Remembering that the practical purpose of income is to serve as a guide for prudent conduct . 记住收入的实际目的是用来作为审慎行为的指导。
In addition, this example is intended to serve as an introduction to parameter optimization methods . 另外,本例子也试图对参数最优化方法作一个介绍。
His idea was to form a structure of ice, large enough to serve as a runway for aircraft . 他的设想是用冰制成一种结构物,它的面积很大,可以当作飞机的跑道。
The most trifling of essayists and most unmemorable of poetasters are seized upon to serve as subjects for doctoral dissertations, and be published subsequently . 最不足取的散文作家,最无出息的劣等诗人,都被抢去作为博士论文的题目,后来还要出版。