•Do they serve meals in the bar?这家酒吧有提供饭菜吗？

•Breakfast is served in the restaurant between 7 and 9.餐厅早上七点到九点供应早餐。

•We arrived at the hotel and were served with champagne and canapés.我们到达旅馆后，旅馆提供了香槟和小饼干。

•All recipes in this book, unless otherwise stated, will serve (= be enough for) 4 to 5 people.本书里的所有食谱，除了特别标明的，都可供四至五人享用。

•[+ obj + adj] Serve the tarts hot with custard or whipped cream.趁热上果馅糕点，配上卡士达酱或鲜奶油。

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•He served in the army in India for twenty years.他在印度服了20年兵役。

•She has served on the committee for the last fifteen years.15年来，她一直在该委员会任职。

•He served under Harold Wilson as Transport Minister.他在哈罗德‧威尔逊手下当交通部长。

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•The minister said she did not consider that a public enquiry would serve any useful purpose.部长说，她认为公开调查不会达到任何有益的成效。

•The judge said that the fine would serve as a warning to other motorists who drove without due care.法官说此次罚款对其他疏忽驾驶的司机会是一种警告。

•In the absence of anything better the settee would serve (= could be used) 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.甚么都无法解释我们最近所目睹的暴力殴斗。

•London's hospitals, so says the report, are out of touch with the communities that they serve.这份报告指出，伦敦的医院对它们所服务的社区毫无了解。

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•Are you being served, madam?女士，有服务员招待您吗？

•That's the restaurant where they refused to serve Giles because he was so rude.就是那家餐馆拒绝招待贾尔斯，因为他太粗鲁。

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•He served four years in prison for robbery.他因抢劫坐了四年牢。

•After he'd served his apprenticeship he found work overseas.他学徒期满后在海外找到了工作。

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

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•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三次发球得分。

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•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都将在六个星期后在地方法院出庭。

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•I think he was called Brian, if my memory serves me right.如果我没记错的话，我想他叫布赖恩。

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•"He hit me!" "It serves you right. You shouldn't have been rude to him."“他打了我！”“活该。你不该对他那么粗鲁。”

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•Come on everyone, I'm ready to serve up.大家快来，我要分菜了。

•Jack, could you serve out the trifle?杰克，你能分一下起司蛋糕吗？

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•It's your serve.该你发球了。

•She's got a very fast service.她发的球速度很快。