serve
英 [s??v]
美[s?v]
- vt. 招待，供應(yīng)；為…服務(wù)；對…有用；可作…用
- vi. 服役，服務(wù)；適合，足夠；發(fā)球；招待，侍候
- n. 發(fā)球，輪到發(fā)球
- n. (Serve)人名；(法)塞爾夫
詞組搭配
if my memory serves me
if I remember correctly
如果我沒記錯的話
serve at table
act as a waiter
當(dāng)侍者
serve someone right
be someone's deserved punishment or misfortune
罪有應(yīng)得；活該
it would serve you right if Jeff walked out on you.
如果杰夫離你而去的話，那你活該。
serve one's time
(主美亦作 serve out one's time)hold office for the normal period
任期內(nèi)任職
serve one's/its turn
be useful
有用；起作用
serve someone's turn
be useful to someone
對某人有用
serve two masters
take orders from two superiors or follow two conflicting or opposing principles or policies at the same time
侍二主，聽命于兩個原則相左的上級
serve out
(Tennis)win the final game of a set or match while serving
(網(wǎng)球)發(fā)球贏得一局的最后一場
Fitzgerald then served out for the set.
費茨杰拉德本局最后一場憑發(fā)球取勝。
serve (someone) right
To be deserved under the circumstances
應(yīng)得：在某些條件下應(yīng)該
Punish him; it will serve him right for what he has done to you.
懲罰他；考慮到他對你的所做所為這樣對他是他罪有應(yīng)得