serve 的用法 具体

【动词】（给…）提供；端上：serve sth (with sth) / serve sth (to sb) / serve sb sth

【动词】够…吃（或用）：This dish will serve four hungry people.这盘菜够四个饿汉吃.

【动词】接待；服务：Are you being served?有人接待您吗?

【动词】对…有用；能满足…的需求：These experiments serve no useful purpose.这些实验没有任何实际意义.

【动词】（向一地或一群体）serve sb (with sth)

【动词】可用作,可当…使（尤其别无选择时）serve （as sth)：The sofa will serve as a bed for a night or two.沙发可以当床凑合一两夜.

【动词】产生…的效果（或结果）：serve （as sth)：The judge said the punishment would serve as a warning to others.法官说这种惩罚将起到杀一儆百的作用.

【动词】（为…）工作,服务,履行义务：serve （sb) (as sth) / serve (in/on/with sth) / serve (under /with sb).

【动词】任期为；担任（时间）达；培训期为：serve （as sth)

【动词】服（刑）：She is serving two years for theft.她因盗窃罪正在服两年徒刑.

【动词】把…递交；（向某人）递交：serve sth (on sb) / serve sb with sth (如递交传票）

【动词】发（球）：Who's serving?谁发球?

习惯用语
（1）It serve sb right (for doing sth) ：咎由自取；罪有因得；
（2）serve your/its turn：（在某方面或某期间）发挥用场；
（3）serve two master：侍奉二主.

短语动词
（1）干至期满；服满刑期：serve sth out
（2）端上食物；给出,提供：serve sth up

参考：牛津高阶英汉双解词典.一个字一个字打的.转载请注明出处.