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  1. verb
    2. PROVIDE FOOD/DRINK
    WORK
    HELP ACHIEVE
    PROVIDE STH NECESSARY
    DEAL WITH CUSTOMER
    SPEND TIME
    HIT BALL
    GIVE DOCUMENT
    Idiom(s)
    Phrasal verb(s)
  2. noun
serveverbuk/sɜːv/ us/sɝːv/

serve verb PROVIDE FOOD/DRINK

A2 [ I or T ] to provide food or drinks提供（食物或飲料）

Do they serve meals in the bar?這家酒吧提供飯菜嗎？
Breakfast is served in the restaurant between 7.00 and 11.00.餐館早上7點到11點供應早餐。
We arrived at the hotel and were served with champagne and canapés.我們到達賓館後，賓館提供了香槟和小吃。
All recipes in this book, unless otherwise stated, will serve (= be enough for) four to five people.本書裏的所有食譜，除了特别標明的，都可供4至5人享用。
[ + obj + adj ] Serve the pie warm with ice cream or whipped cream.趁熱上果餡糕點，配上冰淇淩或掼奶油。

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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（爲…）工作；（爲…）服務；盡職責

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年來，她一直在該委員會任職。
He served under Ronald Reagan as Secretary of State.他在羅納德‧裏根手下擔任國務卿。

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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有助於實現；（對…）有用

An official investigation would not serve any useful purpose.正式調查不會達到什麽有益的成效。
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.什麽都無法解釋我們最近所目睹的暴力鬥毆。
old-fashioned My umbrella will serve for a weapon.我的傘可以當武器用。

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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爲…提供所需物品，供應

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；爲…服務

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。

serve verb SPEND TIME

C2 [ T ] to spend a period of time doing something花費，度過（一段時間）

He served four years in prison for robbery.他因搶劫坐了4年牢。
After he'd served his apprenticeship he set up his own business.他學徒期滿後自立門戶。
serve time

to spend time in prison服刑；蹲監獄

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（在網球等體育運動中）發（球）

Whose turn is it to serve?輪到誰發球了？
That's the third ace you've served this game.那是你在這局比賽中第3次發球得分。

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將…正式送達

Less than two weeks ago Gough finally served a writ on Slater, claiming damages for alleged loss of royalties.不到兩個星期以前，高夫終於將傳票送達給斯萊特，要求對其所涉及的版稅損失作出賠償。
Each person served with a summons will be given six weeks before they have to appear in the Magistrates' Court.每一個收到傳票的人在地方法院出庭之前都有6個星期的時間。

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（在網球等體育運動中）發（球）

It's your serve.該你發球了。
Murray broke Federer's serve (= he won a game in which Federer hit the ball first).穆雷破了費德勒的發球局。

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