service

英 ['sɜːvɪs] 美 ['sɜːrvɪs]

• n. 服务；发球；服役；公务部门；礼拜仪式；(车辆、机器等定期的)维修
• v. 保养；维护；提供服务；支付(借款)利息

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U] 服务,接待

   attention to customers in a shop or especially to guests in hotel, restaurant, etc.

2. [C] 公共服务,公共设施

   (the operation of) a business or organization doing useful work or supplying a need

3. [C] 公用机构,政府部门

   department of people employed by the government or a public organization

4. [P] 为别人所采取的行动或工作,帮助

   a work or duty done for sb; an act or job done for sb

5. [U] 服役,任职

   (duty in) any of the armed; performing duties

6. [C] 礼拜; (宗教)仪式

   a fixed form of public worship; a religious ceremony

7. [C] 维修,保养

   an examination of a machine to keep it in good condition

8. [C] 发球

   an act or manner of serving especially in tennis

v. (动词)

1. vt. 检修

   examine (a machine) and make any necessary repairs

2. vt. 向…提供服务

   supply a service or services to (sth)

3. vt. 支付…的利息

   pay the interest on (a debt)

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 服务
2. 效劳，帮助
3. 发球，发球方式
4. 整套餐具
5. 服役
6. 公用事业
7. 维修，保养，检修
8. 工作
9. 公共设施
10. 行政部门
11. 勤务
12. 帮佣
13. 送达
14. 服务态度
15. 服务业
16. 军种

v. 动词

1. 支付（债务）利息
2. 维修，保养，检修，维护
3. 为...服务，提供服务
4. 为...做后勤服务工作
5. 满足（顾客）需要
6. 与（母畜）交配
7. 经营
8. 使适用
9. 向…提供
10. 办理，处理

英英释义

Noun:

1. work done by one person or group that benefits another;

   "budget separately for goods and services"
   

2. an act of help or assistance;

   "he did them a service"
   

3. the act of public worship following prescribed rules;

   "the Sunday service"
   

4. a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

5. employment in or work for another;

   "he retired after 30 years of service"
   

6. a force that is a branch of the armed forces

7. Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)

8. a means of serving;

   "of no avail"
   "there's no help for it"
   

9. tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table

10. the act of mating by male animals;

    "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees"
    

11. (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him

12. (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play;

    "his powerful serves won the game"
    

13. the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone;

    "he accepted service of the subpoena"
    

14. periodic maintenance on a car or machine;

    "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor"
    

15. the performance of duties by a waiter or servant;

    "that restaurant has excellent service"
    

Verb:

1. be used by; as of a utility;

   "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"
   "The garage served to shelter his horses"
   

2. make fit for use;

   "service my truck"
   "the washing machine needs to be serviced"
   

3. mate with;

   "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The volunteers for community service are doing a good job.
   社区服务的义工做得很出色。
2. We all complain about the poor service in the hotel coffee lounge.
   我们都抱怨饭店咖啡休息室的劣质服务。
3. You must run fast enough to return his service.
   你必须要跑得很快才可能接起他的发球。
4. I'd like to know something about badminton game,first,can you tell me about the service?
   我想了解一下羽毛球比赛，能否先给我说说发球?
5. His poor health disbarred him from further service in the army.
   因身体欠佳，他不能继续在军队服役。
6. His military service was deferred.
   他被允许缓期服役。
7. His father had been in the diplomatic service.
   他的父亲曾在外交部门供职。
8. I have a service passport to America.
   我有美国的公务护照。
9. Mass is a kind of Church service.
   弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。
10. The machine has been sent in for service.
    这台机器已送来检修。

用作动词 (v.)

1. He suggested that my car should be serviced.
   他建议我把汽车送去保养。
2. We have the machines serviced regularly.
   我们请人定期维修机器。
3. And once in orbit,there's no inexpensive and simple way to service them.
   一旦进入轨道，也没有一套简便和低耗的方式来对它们进行维护。
4. The power station is serviced by road transport.
   这座发电站的燃料是通过公路运送的。
5. I had to service a lot of debts last year.
   去年我不得不为债务支付大量的利息。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The service in that restaurant was very poor.
   那家餐馆的服务太差。
2. Were the tourists satisfied with the service at your hotel?
   旅游者对于你们旅馆的服务感到满意吗?
3. This computer supplier provides very good after-sales service.
   这家电脑供应商提供很好的售后服务。
4. The central services of that broadcasting company to some extent feed off the regional stations.
   那家广播公司中央台的业务在某种程度上是依靠地方台供应材料的。
5. The island is connected by a steamer service to the mainland.
   轮船航运把该岛与大陆联系起来。
6. Now regular passenger bus services operate between the two cities.
   现在两座城市间已有公共汽车定期开行了。
7. The collapse of the strike enabled the company to resume normal bus services.
   罢工的失败使公司恢复了正常的公共汽车运营。
8. The bus and lorry services connect all these farms with the outside.
   客、货车运输把这些农场和外界连接起来。
9. As from Sunday,May 1st, all fares on the corporation's transport services will be increased by ten pence in the pound.
   从5月1日即星期日起本公司运输费将每磅提高10便士。
10. The university performs more than 50 distinct services to the State.
    这所大学给国家提供了50多种不同的服务。
11. There is no health service in the region, but most people carry insurance.
    这个地区没有保健机构,不过大多数人都保了健康险。
12. In doing this we are doing a great public service to the nation.
    这样做,我们是为国家做一项伟大的公益事业。
13. The city council counts its library as an important part of public service.
    市政会认为它的图书馆是公共事业的一个重要组成部分。
14. The city will integrate all public services.
    这个城市将取消所有公共场所的种族隔离的规定。
15. I don't think he will cease his efforts to enter the diplomatic service.
    我想他不会停止努力争取进入外交部门工作。
16. He was highly placed in the English Government service.
    他在英国政府部门担任高级职务。
17. A man's life is limited, but service to the people knows no bounds.
    一个人的生命是有限的,但为人民服务是无限的。
18. To save customers' time, they began a delivery service.
    为了节省顾客的时间,他们实行送货上门。
19. You have rendered a great service to the country.
    你为国家做了一件大好事。
20. We must acknowledge his services to our company.
    我们感谢他对我们公司的服务。
21. His services secured him a reward at length.
    他的服务终于使他获得了报偿。
22. We must not fail to acknowledge his services to the town.
    我们必须感谢他对本市的贡献。
23. You need not do military service if it offends against your religion.
    如果那与你的信仰相违背,你可免除兵役。
24. After many years of faithful service, the politician deserved to rise to the leadership of his party.
    经过多年勤勤恳恳地工作,这位政治家有资格升任他的党的领袖。
25. The Queen rewarded the Minister for years of faithful service by elevating him to the House of Lords.
    这位大臣多年来忠于职守,女王为了奖赏他提拔他为上院议员。
26. A number of airmen were decorated for their distinguished services.
    许多飞行员由于功勋卓著而获得奖章。
27. The church was crowded, so electrical machinery was used to relay the service out to the people.
    教堂里挤满了人,所以用电子设备把礼拜仪式转播给外面的人听。
28. There will be a service at the grave and the placing of a wreath.
    仪式将在墓前举行,并献花圈。
29. Our church has three services each Sunday.
    每个星期日我们教堂做三次礼拜。
30. I'm taking my car in for its 5000-mile service.
    我的车已行驶了5000英里,我将把它送去例行检修。
31. Please send the engine in for service every 6000 kms.
    每行驶6000公里,请把发动机送厂检修一次。
32. He has a good fast service.
    他发的球又好又快。
33. Her service has improved.
    她的发球技术已经改进了。
34. The spectators cheered the tennis champion's return of service.
    观众对这位网球冠军的接发球报之以欢呼。
35. Here is your bill, we've added on the five per cent service charge.
    这是您的账单,我们已把百分之五的服务费加进去了。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Let us service your automobile.
   我们给你检修一下汽车。
2. You should learn how to service your car.
   你得学会如何保养你的汽车。
3. The company hasn't enough cash to service its debts.
   这家公司没有足够的现款支付债务利息。
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4. The power station is serviced by road transport.
   这座发电站是通过公路运送燃料的。

其他

v -ed as o-Compl.

1. I'm having my car serviced.
   我的汽车正在检修。
2. You'd better have your car serviced.
   你最好把汽车送厂维修。
3. The man has his bike serviced regularly.
   这人定期把他的自行车送去修理。

经典引文

• Solemne duties of publique seruice.

  出自： R. Hooker

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

at sb's service

随时帮助某人 ready to help sb

be of service to

对…有用; 对…有帮助 be useful or helpful

press into service

因急需而使用 make use of because of urgent need
press sth into service
Mixing bowls and saucepans were pressed into service to store water during the drought.

在旱灾时,碗和平底锅都被暂时用来储水。
Even my twenty-year-old car was pressed into service to take voters to the polling-station.

甚至我那辆已用了20年的老车也用来载送选民前往投票站。

see service

很有用,很可靠 be very useful, dependable, etc.These shoes have seen good service but they cannot be repaired yet again and the time has come to throw them away.这些鞋子已穿了好长时间了,但不能再修理了,该把它们扔了。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• continue service 继续服务
• cut back services 减缩公用机构
• do a service 帮忙
• escape the military service 逃避兵役
• give service 提供服务
• introduce service 增加服务项目
• offer one's services 主动提供帮助
• pay lip serviceto 对…口头上说得很好听
• perform a service 给予服务
• provide service 提供服务
• start air services 开办航空业务
• take service with a firm 在某公司任职
• wind up one's service 退役
• give sb a service 帮某人的忙
• attend service 参加礼拜
• hold a service 做礼拜,举行宗教仪式
• break sb's service 使某人发球失分
• lose one's service 失去发球权
• take the service 发球

形容词+～

• active service 现役
• advisory services 咨询服务
• after-sales service 售后服务
• all-night service 通宵服务
• bad service 服务不好
• civil service 文职人员
• conventional service 常规服务
• door-to-door service 门对门服务(指运输企业为客户提供的上门服务)
• excellent service 极好的服务
• express service 快递服务
• fast service 快速服务
• fine service 优质服务
• free service 免费服务
• free medical service 公费医疗
• full-time service 专职
• good service 服务周到
• great service 很大的帮助
• immense service 很大贡献
• inactive service 非现役
• loyal service 忠实的支援,非常好〔非常有用〕的帮助
• military service 兵役
• national service 国民兵役制
• postal services 邮政部门
• professional services 专业服务
• rear service 后勤
• secret service 特工部门
• slow service 缓慢的服务
• social services 社会公益服务,福利事业
• the public services 公用事业
• daily service 每日航班
• regular service 定期航班

名词+～

• accounting service 记账服务
• air mail service 航空邮政业务
• ambulance service 救护设施
• answering service 代客接听电话服务
• bus service 公共汽车公司
• cargo service 货运业务
• custom service 海关服务
• customer service 顾客服务处
• dating service 便利幽会的服务
• delivery service 送货服务
• employment service 职业介绍所
• ferry service 渡轮设施
• government service 公职
• ground service 地勤
• morning call service (旅馆中的)叫醒服务
• nurse service 护理服务
• passenger service 客运服务
• repair service 维修服务部
• room service (旅馆的)客房用餐服务部
• telegraph service 电报业务
• telephone service 电话业务
• utility services 公用服务事业
• weather service 气象服务
• China Travel service 中国旅行社
• fire service 消防部门
• intelligence service 情报部门
• news service 通讯社
• the consular service 领事馆
• wire service 通讯社
• burial service 葬礼
• church service 礼拜
• communion service 圣葬仪式
• evening service 晚礼拜
• marriage service 婚礼
• morning service 早礼拜
• sunrise service 晨拜

～+名词

• service department 维修部
• service engineer 技师
• service entrance 服务人员入口
• service family 军人家庭
• service fee 服务费
• service game 有发球权的一局
• service house 军人用房
• service industry 服务行业
• service rifle 军用步枪
• service sectors 服务部门

介词+～

• at sb's service 听候某人使用
• in service 在使用中,在当佣人
• in government service 任公职
• in the service of man 为人类服务
• plenty of service 许多用途
• on service 在服兵役
• on active service 服现役
• soldier on service 现役士兵
• out of service 不在使用中

～+介词

• service between… 之间的航班
• service of public utility 公用设施
• service to 对…服务,飞往…的航班
• service to London 飞往伦敦的航班
• service to science 对科学的贡献
• service to the cause of education 对教育事业的贡献
• service to the State 对国家的贡献

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• service automobile 修汽车
• service bike 修理自行车
• service computer 修理计算机
• service machine 修理机器
• service radio 修理收音机
• service television 修理电视
• service debts 支付债务
• service loans 支付利息

～+副词

• service accurately 准确地检修
• service blindly 盲目地检修
• service completely 完全检修
• service delightfully 愉快地检修
• service extensively 大规模地检修
• service generally 一般地检修
• service grudgingly 勉强地检修
• service half-heartedly 马虎地检修
• service hastily 仓促地检修
• service immediately 立即检修
• service incessantly 不停地检修
• service intelligently 聪明地检修
• service jerkily 笨拙地检修
• service partially 部分检修
• service passively 消极地检修
• service patiently 耐心地检修
• service probably 适当地检修
• service quickly 迅速检修
• service rapidly 快速检修
• service recklessly 轻率地检修
• service reluctantly 不情愿地检修
• service safely 很有把握地检修
• service scientifically 科学地检修
• service secretly 秘密地检修
• service shortly 立即检修
• service simultaneously 同时检修
• service slowly 慢慢地检修
• service successfully 成功地检修
• service temporarily 暂时检修
• service utterly 完全检修
• service voluntarily 自愿检修
• service wholly 完全检修

词语用法

1. service有时以复数形式出现。

   The waitress has offered her services to us.
   这个女服务生已经向我们自荐了。

   Her services are entirely satisfactory.
   她的服务完全令人满意。

2. one's service常表示不同的意思。

   He took her into his service.
   句中his service意思为“他的被人服务”。

   He offered his services to her.
   此处的his services意思为“他为人服务”。

3. civil service,diplomatic service,customs service这些表达方式中，有时前面加the，有时不加，意思也有所不同；
4. 当service解释为“……部门的工作”时，总要有governmental service和military service，前面不带the。

   He entered the civil service at twenty-five.

n. (名词)

1. service作名词的基本意思是“服务”,可指商店、旅馆或餐馆对顾客、旅客的服务,也可指社会等公益事业服务机构为人们所提供的服务,还可指某人为别人〔社会、政府〕所采取的行动、工作或帮助。引申可指“公用设施”“公用机构”。
2. service也可作对机器的“维修,保养”、网球中的“发球”或宗教中的“仪式,做礼拜”解。

v. (动词)

1. service作动词的意思是“修理,向…提供服务”,是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,其宾语一般为物。service也可作“支付利息”解。可用于被动结构。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

下面两句意思相同:

• We're devoted to service of the people.
• We're devoted to the service of the people.
• 我们热心为人民服务。

下面两句意思不同:

• He is in the service.
• 他在部队服役。
• (他在这个部门工作)
• He is in service.
• 他在帮工。
• (他当佣人)

下面两个短语意思不同:

• be at sb's service
• 听候某人使唤
• be in sb's service
• 在某人家帮佣

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 这家饭店服务优良。

   误 The services in this restaurant are excellent.

   正 The service in this restaurant is excellent.

   析 service表示“(饭店、旅馆等的)服务情况”时为抽象名词,不可数。

词源解说

• ☆ 1100年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的servise，意为公共崇拜的庆祝；最初源自古典拉丁语的servitium，意为奴隶制，苦役。

近反义词

【近义词】

• aid
• assistance
• help
• use

【反义词】

• disservice 伤害