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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第1145页（1565字）

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vt．①服务，效劳，尽职：serve one’s country为国尽力．serve one’s duty尽职．Can I serve you in any way?我能帮你做些什么呢?First come，first served．【谚】先来先有．②服役，履行，服…期：serve an enlistment服兵役．serve a sentence服刑．serve one’s time做满任期，做满限期；服刑．serve one’s apprenticeship当学徒．③侍奉，服侍，接待(顾客)：serve a patient照料病人．serve customers招待顾客．What may I serve you with?你想买什么?④对待，待遇：serve sb．well待某人好．serve sb．ill待某人不好．It serves him right!他活该!⑤(餐食的)准备，布置，分派，传递：serve tea斟茶．Dinner is serve d．午饭准备好了．Please serve the coffee in the next room．请往隔壁房间送咖啡．serve up预备，摆，分配(食物)：The cooks served up the dinner．炊事员把饭菜摆好了．⑥供给，供应：serve a town with water供给城镇用水．We are well served with gas．我们的煤气供应良好．Rations were served to the troops．口粮已发给部队．⑦有用，适合，满足：The box will serve me for a seat．我可以用这个箱子当凳子坐．This table will serve our purpose until we can get a new one．在弄到新桌子以前，我们还可以用这个．A bottle of ink serves us for a month．一瓶墨水足够我们用一个月．serve sb．’s turn(在一段时间内)对某人有用，起到了作用．⑧【体】发球．⑨放，发(炮等)：serve the gun继续炮击．⑩(公畜)交尾．⑾【法】送达(传票等)．

－vi．①服务，服役，任职：serve under sb．在某人手下工作．serve as an interpreter当(口头)翻译．He served three years in the army．他在部队服役三年．②服侍，侍候：serve at table侍候吃饭．③适用，代用，满足：It will serve．此物适用．Our enemies may serve as teachers by negative example．敌人可以当我们的反面教员．This overcoat once served for a quilt in the march．行军中这件大衣曾当作被子用过．It is in the last year，if memory serves．如果没有记错的话，那是去年的事．as occasion serves遇有机会时．④发球，供球．

△serve out 1)报复：He has served me badly but I will not serve him out．他待我不好，但是我不想报复他．2)分配(食物)：The nurse served out apples for the children．阿姨给孩子们分苹果．