【動詞】（給…）提供；端上：serve sth (with sth) / serve sth (to sb) / serve sb sth

【動詞】夠…吃（或用）：This dish will serve four hungry people.這盤菜夠四個餓漢吃.

【動詞】接待；服務(wù)：Are you being served?有人接待您嗎?

【動詞】對…有用；能滿足…的需求：These experiments serve no useful purpose.這些實驗沒有任何實際意義.

【動詞】（向一地或一群體）serve sb (with sth)

【動詞】可用作,可當(dāng)…使（尤其別無選擇時）serve （as sth)：The sofa will serve as a bed for a night or two.沙發(fā)可以當(dāng)床湊合一兩夜.

【動詞】產(chǎn)生…的效果（或結(jié)果）：serve （as sth)：The judge said the punishment would serve as a warning to others.法官說這種懲罰將起到殺一儆百的作用.

【動詞】（為…）工作,服務(wù),履行義務(wù)：serve （sb) (as sth) / serve (in/on/with sth) / serve (under /with sb).

【動詞】任期為；擔(dān)任（時間）達(dá)；培訓(xùn)期為：serve （as sth)

【動詞】服（刑）：She is serving two years for theft.她因盜竊罪正在服兩年徒刑.

【動詞】把…遞交；（向某人）遞交：serve sth (on sb) / serve sb with sth (如遞交傳票）

【動詞】發(fā)（球）：Who's serving?誰發(fā)球?

習(xí)慣用語
（1）It serve sb right (for doing sth) ：咎由自?。蛔镉幸虻茫?br/>（2）serve your/its turn：（在某方面或某期間）發(fā)揮用場；
（3）serve two master：侍奉二主.

短語動詞
（1）干至期滿；服滿刑期：serve sth out
（2）端上食物；給出,提供：serve sth up

參考：牛津高階英漢雙解詞典.一個字一個字打的.轉(zhuǎn)載請注明出處.