service

noun

1. the performance of duties by a waiter or servant

e.g. that restaurant has excellent service

2. periodic maintenance on a car or machine

e.g. it was time for an overhaul on the tractor

Synonym: overhaulinspection and repair

3. the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone

e.g. he accepted service of the subpoena

Synonym: servingservice of process

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

e.g. his powerful serves won the game

Synonym: serve

5. work done by one person or group that benefits another

e.g. budget separately for goods and services

6. (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

7. employment in or work for another

e.g. he retired after 30 years of service

8. the act of mating by male animals

e.g. the bull was worth good money in servicing fees

Synonym: servicing

9. the act of public worship following prescribed rules

e.g. the Sunday service

Synonym: religious servicedivine service

10. an act of help or assistance

e.g. he did them a service

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

Synonym: table service

12. a means of serving

e.g. of no avail
there's no help for it

Synonym: availhelp

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

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

Synonym: military servicearmed service

verb

1. make fit for use

e.g. service my truck
the washing machine needs to be serviced

2. mate with

e.g. male animals serve the females for breeding purposes

Synonym: serve

3. be used by
as of a utility

e.g. The sewage plant served the neighboring communities
The garage served to shelter his horses

Synonym: serve

1. 公共服务事业;公共服务系统
A service is something that the public needs, such as transport, communications facilities, hospitals, or energy supplies, which is provided in a planned and organized way by the government or an official body.

e.g. Britain still boasts the cheapest postal service...
英国仍拥有最便宜的邮政服务系统。
e.g. We have started a campaign for better nursery and school services...
我们已发起一场要求改善幼儿园和中小学教育服务的运动。

2. 公共事业机构(或公司)
You can sometimes refer to an organization or private company as a particular service when it provides something for the public or acts on behalf of the government.

e.g. ...the BBC World Service.
英国广播公司国际广播台
e.g. ...Careers Advisory Services.
职业咨询服务

3. (机构或公司提供的某一)服务
If an organization or company provides a particular service, they can do a particular job or a type of work for you.

e.g. The kitchen maintains a twenty-four hour service and can be contacted via Reception...
厨房提供24小时餐饮服务，可通过前台进行联系。
e.g. The larger firm was capable of providing a better range of services.
较大的公司能够提供一系列更好的服务。

4. 服务业;服务性活动
Services are activities such as tourism, banking, and selling things which are part of a country's economy, but are not concerned with producing or manufacturing goods.

service是什么意思

e.g. Mining rose by 9.1%, manufacturing by 9.4% and services by 4.3%.
采矿业增长了 9.1%, 制造业增长了 9.4%，服务业增长了 4.3%。
e.g. ...the doctrine that a highly developed service sector was the sign of a modern economy.
高度发展的服务业是现代经济标志的学说

5. 服务内容;服务(质量);服务态度
The level or standard of service provided by an organization or company is the amount or quality of the work it can do for you.

e.g. Taking risks is the only way employees can provide effective and efficient customer service...
员工能够为客户提供有价值、高效的服务的唯一途径就是敢于冒险。
e.g. The current level of service will be maintained except that the evening 'Network Express' trains will be withdrawn.
除了“铁网特快”夜班列车将会停开外，目前的运营线路会保持下去。

6. (公共汽车或火车的)路线，行程车次，班车
A bus or train service is a route or regular journey that is part of a transport system.

e.g. A bus service operates between Bolton and Salford.
博尔顿和索尔福德之间有一班公共汽车往返。

7. (提供技术或帮助的)服务
Your services are the things that you do or the skills that you use in your job, which other people find useful and are usually willing to pay you for.

e.g. I have obtained the services of a top photographer to take our pictures...
我已请到了一位顶级摄影师来给我们拍照。
e.g. The performers have all offered their services free of charge.
演员们都愿意免费出演。

8. (为某组织或活动所做的)工作，服务，效劳
If you refer to someone's service or services to a particular organization or activity, you mean that they have done a lot of work for it or spent a lot of their time on it.

e.g. You've given a lifetime of service to athletics...
你为田径运动贡献了一生。
e.g. More than half his long service in parliament has been as a cabinet minister.
他长期在议会任职，其中大半时间担任内阁部长。

9. 海陆空三军;军队;部队
The Services are the army, the navy, and the air force.

e.g. In June 1945, Britain still had forty-five per cent of its workforce in the Services and munitions industries.
1945 年 6 月，英国仍然有45％的劳动力在部队服役或就职于军火工业。

10. 兵役;作战
Service is the work done by people or equipment in the army, navy, or air force, for example during a war.

e.g. The regiment was recruited from the Highlands specifically for service in India.
该军团是专门为在印度作战而从苏格兰高地征募来的。
e.g. ...an aircraft carrier that saw service in World War II.
曾在二战中服役的航空母舰

11. (饭店、酒店，商店提供的)服务
When you receive service in a restaurant, hotel, or shop, an employee asks you what you want or gives you what you have ordered.

service的翻译

e.g. A five-course meal including coffee, service and VAT is £30.
包括咖啡、服务费及增值税在内，一顿五道菜正餐的价格为 30 英镑。
e.g. ...clean stores with respectful service and fair prices.
服务态度良好、价格公道、干净整洁的店铺

12. 宗教礼仪;礼拜仪式
A service is a religious ceremony that takes place in a church.

service什么意思

e.g. After the hour-long service, his body was taken to a cemetery in the south of the city.
在长达一小时的悼念仪式结束后，他的遗体被抬到了城南的一所公墓。
e.g. ...the church in which the President was attending morning service.
总统做晨祷的教堂

13. 整套餐具(或茶具)
A dinner service or a tea service is a complete set of plates, cups, saucers, and other pieces of china.

e.g. ...a 60-piece dinner service.
一套六十件套的餐具

14. (高速公路边可加油、购物或用餐的)服务站
A services is a place beside a motorway where you can buy petrol and other things, or have a meal.

service在线翻译

e.g. They had to pull up, possibly go to a motorway services or somewhere like that...
他们只好停车，可能得去高速公路服务站之类的地方。
e.g. We have repeatedly told planners that services are vital on a motorway like the M40.
我们一再告知城市规划者在诸如M40 之类的高速公路旁建服务站是必不可少的。

15. (网球、羽毛球等的)发球权，开球局
In tennis, badminton, and some other sports, when it is your service, it is your turn to serve.

e.g. She conceded just three points on her service during the first set.
她在第一盘自己的发球局仅失了 3 分。

16. (大楼、建筑中的设施）员工专用的，后勤专用的
Service is used to describe the parts of a building or structure that are used by the staff who clean, repair, or look after it, and are not usually used by the public.

e.g. He wheeled the trolley down the corridor and disappeared with it into the service lift.
他推着小推车走过走廊，之后进了员工专用电梯不见了。
e.g. ...the bigger tunnels, which run either side of the service tunnel.
后勤隧道两边更大的隧道

17. 服侍;伺候
If someone is in service, they are working as a servant.

e.g. If a young woman did not have a dowry, she went into domestic service.
如果一个年轻女子没有嫁妆，她就要做家政服务赚钱。

18. 维修，检修,维护(机器、车辆)
If you have a vehicle or machine serviced, you arrange for someone to examine, adjust, and clean it so that it will keep working efficiently and safely.

service

e.g. I had had my car serviced at the local garage...
我已经把我的车送到当地汽修厂检修了。
e.g. Make sure that all gas fires and central heating boilers are serviced annually.
确保所有的煤气取暖器和中央供暖的锅炉每年都检修一次。

19. (国家、组织)支付(债息)
If a country or organization services its debts, it pays the interest on them.

e.g. Almost a quarter of the country's export earnings go to service a foreign debt of $29 billion.
该国几乎 1/4 的出口收入都用来支付 290 亿美元外债的利息了。

20. 为…提供服务;满足…的需求
If someone or something services an organization, a project, or a group of people, they provide it with the things that it needs in order to function properly or effectively.

e.g. There are now 400 staff at headquarters, servicing our regional and overseas work...
现在总部有 400 名职员负责地区和海外事务。
e.g. Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas will service our needs for some considerable time to come.
诸如煤、石油和天然气之类的矿物燃料会在以后很长一段时间里满足我们的需求。

21. see also: active service;Civil Service;community service;emergency services;in-service;National Health Service;national service;public service;room service

22. 随时可供…使用;随时为…提供帮助
To be at the service of a person or organization means to be available to help or be used by that person or organization.

service

e.g. The intellectual and moral potential of the world's culture must be put at the service of politics.
世界文化潜在的知识和道德力量一定要为政治所用。

23. 随时为您效劳;随时听您的吩咐
You can use 'at your service' after your name as a formal way of introducing yourself to someone and saying that you are willing to help them in any way you can.

e.g. She bowed dramatically. 'Anastasia Krupnik, at your service,' she said.
她夸张地鞠了个躬。“阿纳斯塔西娅·克鲁布尼克，随时为您效劳，”她说。

24. 帮…一个忙;对…有益
If you do someone a service, you do something that helps or benefits them.

e.g. You are doing me a great service, and I'm very grateful to you...
你帮了我一个大忙，非常感激。
e.g. 'You don't feel that you've betrayed your country?' — 'Not at all, I think I've done a service to my country.'
“你不觉得你背叛了你的祖国吗？”——“一点也不，我认为我帮了我的国家。”

25. (车辆、设备)在使用中,可以使用/(通常因发生故障而)未在使用
If a piece of equipment or type of vehicle is in service, it is being used or is able to be used. If it is out of service, it is not being used, usually because it is not working properly.

e.g. Cuts in funding have meant that equipment has been kept in service long after it should have been replaced...
资金的削减意味着早该换掉的设备一直在长期运转。
e.g. In 1882, London's first electric tram cars went into service...
1882 年，伦敦第一辆有轨电车投入使用。

26. 有用;有帮助
If someone or something is of service to you, they help you or are useful to you.

e.g. That is, after all, the primary reason we live — to be of service to others.
别忘了，那是我们活着的主要原因——帮助他人。

27. to be pressed into service -> see press

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