【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：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】（向一地或一羣體）serve sb (with sth)【動詞】可用作,可當…使（尤其別無選擇時）serve （as sth)：The sofa will serve as a bed for a night or two.沙發可以當牀湊合一兩夜.【動詞】產生…的效果（或結果）：serve （as sth)：The judge said the punishment would serve as a warning to others.法官説這種懲罰將起到殺一儆百的作用.【動詞】（為…）工作,服務,履行義務：serve （sb) (as sth) / serve (in/on/with sth) / serve (under /with sb).【動詞】任期為；擔任（時間）達；培訓期為：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（球）：Who's serving?誰發球?