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serve (obj) WORKHsV:v, $sV:rvvto work (for); to do your duty to工作;供职He served in the army in India for twenty years. [I]他在印度服兵役20年。She has served on the committee for the last fifteen years. [I]15年来，她一直在委员会供职。The younger Mr Wang will continue to serve on the board. [I]小王先生会继续在董事会工作的。He served under Harold Wilson for two years as Transport Minister. [I]他在哈罗德·威尔逊手下当了两年的交通部长。Believe it or not, I joined the police force because I wanted to serve the public. [T]不管你相不相信，我加入了警察队伍，因为我想服务于大众。The civil service is there to serve the public. [T]公职部门旨在为大众服务。There's no doubt that these deals serve the West's interests. [T]毫无疑问，这些协议是为西方谋利的。(fig.) I think he was called Brian, if my memory serves me (right) (= is correct). [T]我想他叫布赖恩，要是我的记忆没错的话。(infml) If you say that something bad serves someone right, you mean that they deserve it.活该"He hit me!" "It serves you right. You shouldn't have been rude to him."“他打了我。”“活该。你不该对他这么粗暴。”"They also serve who only stand and wait" (John Milton in the poem On his blindness, 1673)“那些只是伫立等待的人也在侍奉上帝”（选自约翰·弥尔顿诗歌《他的失明》）
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