0 to provide food or drinks -- 提供(食物或饮料)
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。
[ + obj + adj ] 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 to help achieve something or to be useful as something -- 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。
[ + to infinitive ] 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。
old-fashioned My umbrella will serve for a weapon. 我的伞可以当武器用。
3 to provide with something that is needed -- 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。
4 in a shop, restaurant, or hotel, to deal with a customer by taking their order, showing or selling them goods, etc. -- 接待;招待;为…服务
UK Are you being served, madam? 女士,有服务员招待您吗?
US 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 in sports such as tennis, to hit the ball to the other player as a way of starting the game -- (在网球等体育运动中)发(球)
7 to give a legal document to someone, demanding that they go to a law court or that they obey an order -- 将…正式送达
8 in sports such as tennis, the act of hitting the ball to the other player to start play -- (在网球等体育运动中)发(球)
He served for eight years as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Police officers aren't usually allowed to be serve on a jury.
Panellists on the Arts Review Board serve for a maximum of three years.
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提供食物/飲料, 提供(食物或飲料), 工作…
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servir (comida o bebida), atender, servir…
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servir, cumprir…
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(~に)食事を出す, (客)に対応する, 接客する…
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hizmet etmek, servis yapmak, görev yapmak…
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servir, exercer, être membre de…
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servir (menjar o beguda), atendre, servir…
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يَخْدِم, يَخْدِم (المُجْتَمَع), يُسْجَن لِفَتْرة…
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