served

英 [sɜːvd] 美 [sɜːrvd]

v.  (给某人)提供; 端上; 够…吃(或用); 接待; 服务
serve的过去分词和过去式



柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 为…服务;为…效力;为…效忠
    If you serve your country, an organization, or a person, you do useful work for them.
    1. It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years...
      这对那些为国效忠多年的士兵们来说是不公平的。
    2. I have always said that I would serve the Party in any way it felt appropriate.
      我一直说,只要需要,我愿意为党效力,不管以何种方式。
  2. VERB (尤指在部队)服役;(在政府部门)任职
    If you serve in a particular place or as a particular official, you perform official duties, especially in the armed forces, as a civil servant, or as a politician.
    1. During the second world war he served with RAF Coastal Command...
      二战期间他在英国皇家空军海防总队服役。
    2. He also served on the National Front's national executive committee...
      他还曾就职于民族阵线全国执行委员会。
    3. For seven years until 1991 he served as a district councillor in Solihull.
      直到1991年他连续 7 年在索利霍尔担任区议员。
  3. VERB 用作;可当…使用;充作
    If something serves as a particular thing or serves a particular purpose, it performs a particular function, which is often not its intended function.
    1. She ushered me into the front room, which served as her office...
      她把我领进了她用作办公室的前厅。
    2. I really do not think that an inquiry would serve any useful purpose...
      我真的认为调查没有任何实际意义。
    3. Their brief visit has served to underline the deep differences between the two countries...
      他们短暂的访问恰恰凸显了两国间分歧的严重程度。
    4. The old drawing room serves her as both sitting room and study.
      原来那间起居室成了她的客厅兼书房。
  4. VERB 供应(某地或某人);为…提供服务
    If something serves people or an area, it provides them with something that they need.
    1. This could mean the closure of thousands of small businesses which serve the community...
      这可能意味着成千上万家服务社会的小企业将要倒闭。
    2. ...improvements in the public water-supply system serving the Nairobi area...
      内罗毕地区的公共供水系统的改善
    3. Cuba is well served by motorways.
      古巴的高速公路四通八达。
    4. ...a desire to make education serve the needs of politicians and business.
      让教育为政治家和企业的需求服务的欲望
  5. VERB 对…有用;能满足…的需要;符合…的利益
    Something that serves someone's interests benefits them.
    1. The economy should be organized to serve the interests of all the people...
      经济的组织运行应符合所有人的利益。
    2. They may well decide that their interests would be best served by joining in.
      他们很有可能认定参与其中才会令其利益最大化。
  6. VERB (给…)提供,端上(食物);上(菜);开(饭)
    When you serve food and drink, you give people food and drink.
    1. Serve it with French bread...
      把它和法式面包一起端上去。
    2. Serve the cakes warm...
      趁热上蛋糕。
    3. Prepare the garnishes shortly before you are ready to serve the soup.
      在快要准备上汤前再在上面加点装饰菜。
    4. ...the pleasure of having someone serve you champagne and caviar in bed...
      有人把香槟和鱼子酱给你端到床边的惬意
    5. They are expected to babysit, run errands, and help serve at cocktail parties.
      要求他们做的事情有:看孩子、跑腿儿、在鸡尾酒会上帮忙招待。
    6. Serve up means the same as serve .
      serve up 同 serve
    7. After all, it is no use serving up TV dinners if the kids won't eat them...
      毕竟,如果孩子不想吃冷冻快餐,给他们也没用。
    8. He served it up on delicate white plates.
      他把它放在精美的白色碟子里端上了桌。
  7. VERB (食物的量)足够…吃
    Serve is used to indicate how much food a recipe produces. For example, a recipe that serves six provides enough food for six people.
    1. Garnish with fresh herbs. Serves 4.
      配以新鲜香草,4 人份。
  8. VERB 接待,服务,招待(顾客)
    Someone who serves customers in a shop or a bar helps them and provides them with what they want to buy.
    1. They wouldn't serve me in any pubs 'cos I looked too young...
      这些酒吧都不让我进,因为我看上去太小了。
    2. Auntie and Uncle suggested she serve in the shop.
      阿姨和叔叔建议她去商店工作。
  9. VERB 送交(令状等);把…送达
    When the police or other officials serve someone with a legal order or serve an order on them, they give or send the legal order to them.
    1. Immigration officers tried to serve her with a deportation order...
      移民局官员试图向她下达驱逐令。
    2. Police said they had been unable to serve a summons on 25-year-old Lee Jones.
      警方说他们无法传唤 25 岁的李·琼斯。
  10. VERB 服(刑);当(学徒)
    If you serve something such as a prison sentence or an apprenticeship, you spend a period of time doing it.
    1. ...Leo, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder...
      因谋杀罪正在服无期徒刑的利奥
    2. He was able to serve his apprenticeship as a trainer with Eddie Futch.
      他当时师从埃迪·富齐学当拳击教练员。
  11. VERB (在网球、羽毛球等比赛中)发球
    When you serve in games such as tennis and badminton, you throw up the ball or shuttlecock and hit it to start play.
    1. He served 17 double faults...
      他有 17 次双发失误。
    2. If you serve like this nobody can beat you.
      如果你像这样发球,没有人可以击败你。
    3. Serve is also a noun.
    4. His second serve clipped the net.
      他的第二发球擦网了。
  12. N-COUNT (某些球类比赛中的)发球
    When you describe someone's serve, you are indicating how well or how fast they serve a ball or shuttlecock.
    1. His powerful serve was too much for the defending champion.
      他的大力发球让卫冕冠军难以招架。
  13. See also: serving
  14. PHRASE 咎由自取;罪有应得;活该
    If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
    1. Serves her right for being so stubborn.
      她太固执了,活该。

双语例句

  1. Dinner was announced, and served.
    已宣布开饭了,菜都上齐了。
  2. He served four years in prison, emerging to find his brilliant career in ruins
    他坐了4年牢,出狱后发现自己的辉煌事业已不复存在。
  3. The feast was served by his mother and sisters
    这顿美餐是他母亲和他的姐妹们准备的。
  4. She served six months in prison for the helicopter caper.
    她因为直升机一案坐了6个月牢。
  5. Tania cooked, served, and cleared away.
    塔妮娅做饭,上菜,还收拾了餐具。
  6. Breakfast consisted of porridge served with butter.
    早餐是麦片粥配佐餐黄油。
  7. No liquids are served with meals because they interfere with digestion.
    上饭菜时不要同时上汤水或饮品,因为这会影响消化。
  8. This dish is best served cold
    这菜最好凉着吃。
  9. The fruit was often served at wedding feasts
    婚宴上经常有水果供应。
  10. Speaking generally, the space enterprise has served astronomy well.
    总的说来,航空企业很好地促进了天文学的发展。
  11. The sentence of the court was twelve years 'hard labour, to be served in a British prison.
    法庭判其在一所英国监狱里服12年苦役。
  12. This served to hide the confusion and imprecision in their thinking.
    这个被用来掩盖他们思想的混乱和不准确。
  13. Scott was obviously inebriated by the time the dessert was served.
    到了上甜点的时候,斯科特显然已经喝醉了。
  14. Promptly at one, luncheon was served
    午饭一到一点钟就上桌了。
  15. At the reception they served smoked salmon.
    招待会的餐桌上有熏制鲑鱼。
  16. She has already served a year on remand.
    她已经被羁押了一年。
  17. It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years
    这对那些为国效忠多年的士兵们来说是不公平的。
  18. He also served on the National Front's national executive committee
    他还曾就职于民族阵线全国执行委员会。
  19. She ushered me into the front room, which served as her office
    她把我领进了她用作办公室的前厅。
  20. Every dish was served heavily spiced.
    端上来的每道菜都加了很多佐料。
  21. She served him a bowl of beef stew
    她为他端上了一碗炖牛肉。
  22. General Lewis Hyde had served under General 'Billy' Mitchell
    刘易斯·海德将军曾是“比利”·米切尔将军的部下。
  23. Soup is first served.
    汤先上。
  24. Several courses were served in succession.
    一连上了好几道菜。
  25. The rule in the restaurant is first come, first served.
    餐馆的规矩是先到先招待。
  26. He has served five years of his sentence.
    他服了五年的徒刑。
  27. A grand victory banquet was served in the royal dining room.
    在皇家餐厅举行了祝捷盛宴。
  28. The Science and Technology Association served the function of a go-between.
    科学技术协会发挥了穿针引线的作用。
  29. Conciseness is served when the sentence is so corrected.
    句子这样一改就简洁了。