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serveverbuk/sɜːv/ us/sɝːv/

serve verb PROVIDE FOOD/DRINK

A2 [ I or T ] to provide food or drinks提供（食物或饮料）

Do they serve meals in the bar?这家酒吧提供饭菜吗？
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。

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Both recipes serve four easily.

They serve pretty decent food in the cafeteria.

They didn't even serve wine at dinner.

I usually serve dessert with coffee.

Breakfast is served in the dining room from 8.30–10.

serve verb WORK

C1 [ I or T ] to work for; to do your duty to（为…）工作；（为…）服务；尽职责

He served in the army for 22 years.他服了22年兵役。
She has served on the committee for the last 15 years.15年来，她一直在该委员会任职。
He served under Ronald Reagan as Secretary of State.他在罗纳德‧里根手下担任国务卿。

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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.

A police officer is there to enforce the law as well as to serve the local community.

A minister's primary obligation is to serve the public.

serve verb HELP ACHIEVE

C1 [ I or T ] 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。

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She has a very forceful personality which will serve her well in politics.

Tougher prison sentences may serve as a deterrent to other would-be offenders.

The spare bedroom also serves as an office.

Do the exercises serve any useful purpose?

The museum serves as a reminder of this terrible episode in recent history.

serve verb PROVIDE STH NECESSARY

[ T ] 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。

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Heraklion airport serves the eastern resorts.

This one company serves the entire West coast.

The rail network serves the southeast of the country.

These post offices serve the needs of the local communities.

Hydro-power serves the most isolated communities in Scotland.

serve verb DEAL WITH CUSTOMER

B1 [ T ] 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。

serve verb SPEND TIME

C2 [ T ] to spend a period of time doing something花费，度过（一段时间）

He served four years in prison for robbery.他因抢劫坐了4年牢。
After he'd served his apprenticeship he set up his own business.他学徒期满后自立门户。
serve time

to spend time in prison服刑；蹲监狱

He's serving time for drug offences.他因毒品犯罪正在服刑。

serve verb HIT BALL

[ I or T ] 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）

Whose turn is it to serve?轮到谁发球了？
That's the third ace you've served this game.那是你在这局比赛中第3次发球得分。

serve verb GIVE DOCUMENT

[ T ] specialized law 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

Less than two weeks ago Gough finally served a writ on Slater, claiming damages for alleged loss of royalties.不到两个星期以前，高夫终于将传票送达给斯莱特，要求对其所涉及的版税损失作出赔偿。
Each person served with a summons will be given six weeks before they have to appear in the Magistrates' Court.每一个收到传票的人在地方法院出庭之前都有6个星期的时间。

Idiom(s)

if my memory serves me right
serve sb right

Phrasal verb(s)

serve sth out
serve sth up
serve (sth) up
servenoun [ C ]uk/sɜːv/ us/sɝːv/ also service

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）

It's your serve.该你发球了。
Murray broke Federer's serve (= he won a game in which Federer hit the ball first).穆雷破了费德勒的发球局。

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