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Breakfast is served in the restaurant between 7.00 and 11.00. 餐廳早上七點到十一點供應早餐。
We arrived at the hotel and were served with champagne and canapés. 我們到達旅館後,旅館提供了香檳和小吃。
All recipes in this book, unless otherwise stated, will serve (= be enough for) four to five people. 本書裡的所有食譜,除了特別標明的,都可供四至五人享用。
[ + obj + adj ] Serve the pie warm with ice cream or whipped cream. 趁熱上果餡糕點,配上霜淇凌或生奶油。
2 to help achieve something or to be useful as something
An official investigation would not serve any useful purpose. 正式調查不會達到任何有益的成效。
The judge said that the fine would serve as a warning to other drivers. 法官說此次罰款對其他司機會是一種警告。
In the absence of anything better the settee could serve as a bed for a couple of nights. 如果沒有更好的選擇,長沙發可以當幾天床用。
[ + to infinitive ] Nothing serves to explain the violent fighting we have seen recently. 甚麼都無法解釋我們最近所目睹的暴力毆鬥。
old-fashioned My umbrella will serve for a weapon. 我的傘可以當武器用。
3 to provide with something that is needed
The report says the police are out of touch with the communities that they serve. 這份報告指出,警方對他們所服務的社區毫無了解。
4 in a shop, restaurant, or hotel, to deal with a customer by taking their order, showing or selling them goods, etc.
UK Are you being served, madam? 女士,有服務員招待您嗎?
US Have you been served, ma'am? 女士,有服務員招待過您了嗎?
That's the restaurant where they refused to serve John because he was so rude. 就是那家餐館拒絕接待約翰,因爲他太粗魯。
6 in sports such as tennis, to hit the ball to the other player as a way of starting the game
7 to give a legal document to someone, demanding that they go to a law court or that they obey an order
8 in sports such as tennis, the act of hitting the ball to the other player to start play