service
柯林斯詞典
- NOUN AND ADJECTIVE USES
1. N-COUNT A service is something that the public needs, such as transportation, communications facilities, hospitals, or energy supplies, which is provided in a planned and organized way by the government or an official body. 公共服務(wù)機(jī)構(gòu); 公共服務(wù)系統(tǒng)
The postal service has been trying to cut costs. 郵政系統(tǒng)一直在試圖削減成本。
We have started a campaign for better nursery and school services. 我們已開(kāi)展了一場(chǎng)運(yùn)動(dòng),以改善幼兒園和學(xué)校的服務(wù)。
2. N-COUNT 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. 官方機(jī)構(gòu); 政府的行政部門(mén)
The Agriculture Department has ultimate control over the Forest Service. 農(nóng)業(yè)部對(duì)林務(wù)局有最終控制權(quán)。
3. N-COUNT If an organization or company provides a particular service, they can do a particular job or a type of work for you. 服務(wù); 服務(wù)項(xiàng)目
The kitchen maintains a twenty-four hour service and can be contacted via reception. 廚房提供24小時(shí)服務(wù),可通過(guò)接待處聯(lián)系。
4. N-PLURAL 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. 服務(wù)性工作; 服務(wù)性行業(yè)
Mining rose by 9.1%, manufacturing by 9.4% and services by 4.3%. 采礦業(yè)增長(zhǎng)了9.1%,制造業(yè)增長(zhǎng)了9.4%,服務(wù)業(yè)增長(zhǎng)了4.3%。
5. N-UNCOUNT 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. 服務(wù)質(zhì)量; 服務(wù)水平
Taking risks is the only way employees can provide effective and efficient customer service. 只有承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn),雇員們才能提供高效的客戶服務(wù)。
6. N-COUNT A bus or train service is a route or regular trip that is part of a transportation system. 交通線路
The local bus service is well run and extensive. 當(dāng)?shù)氐墓痪€路運(yùn)營(yíng)良好,四通八達(dá)。
7. N-PLURAL 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. 專業(yè)性服務(wù)
I have obtained the services of a top photographer to take our pictures. 我得到了一位頂級(jí)攝影師的服務(wù)。
8. N-UNCOUNT 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. 效力; 供職[also N in pl, oft N 'to' n]
You've given a lifetime of service to athletics. 你一生致力于體育事業(yè)。
Most employees had long service with the company and were familiar with our products. 絕大部分雇員在公司供職多年,熟悉我們的產(chǎn)品。
9. N-COUNT The Services are the army, the navy, the air force and the marines. (包括陸、海、空軍和海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)在內(nèi)的) 軍隊(duì)
Some of the money could be spent on persuading key specialists to stay in the Services. 可以花費(fèi)一部分資金挽留重要專家在軍隊(duì)工作。
10. N-UNCOUNT Service is the work done by people or equipment in the army, navy, or air force, for example, during a war. 兵役; 作戰(zhàn)
Units are being called up today for service in the Gulf. 今天正在征調(diào)一些部隊(duì)去海灣服役。
11. N-UNCOUNT When you receive service in a restaurant, hotel, or shop, an employee asks you what you want or gives you what you have ordered. (飯店、酒店、商店等的) 服務(wù)
Service was attentive and the meal proceeded at a leisurely pace. 服務(wù)很周到,飯吃得悠閑從容。
12. N-COUNT A service is a religious ceremony that takes place in a church or synagogue. 宗教儀式; 禮拜[also no det]
After the hour-long service, his body was taken to a cemetery in the south of the city. 長(zhǎng)達(dá)1小時(shí)的宗教儀式之后,他的遺體被送往城南的一座公墓里。
13. N-COUNT If a vehicle or machine has a service, it is examined, adjusted, and cleaned so that it will keep working efficiently and safely. 保養(yǎng)[also no det]
The car needs a service. 這輛車需要一次保養(yǎng)。
14. N-COUNT A dinner service or a tea service is a complete set of plates, cups, saucers, and other pieces of china. 整套餐具
...a 60-piece dinner service. …一套60件的餐具。
15. N-COUNT In tennis, badminton, and some other sports, when it is your service, it is your turn to serve. (網(wǎng)球、羽毛球等的) 發(fā)球
She conceded just three points on her service during the first set. 她在第1局中發(fā)球只丟了3分。
16. ADJ Service is used to describe the parts of a building or structure that are used by the staff who clean, repair, or take care of it, and are not usually used by the public. 員工專用的[ADJ n]
I went out through the kitchen and down the service lift
我穿過(guò)廚房,乘員工專用電梯下樓。
17. →see also civil service , community service , emergency services , in-service , public service , rest area , room service
ADJ
1. V-T 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. 做保養(yǎng)
I had my car serviced at the local garage. 我在當(dāng)?shù)氐钠囆蘩韽S給我的車做了保修。
2. V-T 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. 為…效力
There are now 400 staff at headquarters, servicing our regional and overseas work. 目前總部有400名員工致力于我們本地以及海外的工作。
V-T
1. PHRASE If you do someone a service, you do something that helps or benefits them. 幫某人一個(gè)忙
You are doing me a great service, and I'm very grateful to you. 你正在幫我一個(gè)大忙,我非常感謝你。
2. PHRASE 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. (不) 在使用中
Cuts in funding have meant that equipment has been kept in service long after it should have been replaced. 撥款減少意味著設(shè)備達(dá)到該替換的期限后還要使用很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。
In 1882, the city's first electric tram cars went into service. 1882年,該市第1批電車投入使用。
返回 service
service /?s??v?s/ (services)
VERB USES
service /?s??v?s/ (servicing,serviced,services)
PHRASES
service /?s??v?s/
劍橋詞典
- the intelligence service
- the probation service
- the British secret service
- the prison service
- If the service was so bad why didn't you complain to the manager ?
- The food was bad and the service was dreadful .
- It really annoys me when people expect me to tip as well as pay a service charge in a restaurant .
- Restaurant-goers ought to complain more about bad food and service.
- Tax and service are included in the bill .
- He did his military service after leaving college .
- He joined the army on leaving school and spend the next 20 years in the service.
- a church service
- a remembrance service
- a funeral service
- a marriage service
service noun (PUBLIC NEED)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]a government system or private organization that is responsible for a particular type of activity , or for providing a particular thing that people need
公共服務(wù)系統(tǒng);公共事業(yè)
the postal service 郵政系統(tǒng)
US the National Park Service 國(guó)家公園服務(wù)系統(tǒng)
UK the National Health Service 國(guó)民保健系統(tǒng)
UK the ambulance /prison service 救護(hù)車/監(jiān)獄系統(tǒng)
I've worked in public health services throughout my career . 我的整個(gè)職業(yè)生涯是在公共醫(yī)療服務(wù)系統(tǒng)中度過(guò)的。
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
the fact that a system is working
系統(tǒng)的運(yùn)行
There is a very limited bus service on Sundays. 星期天公共汽車班次有限。
We hope to be operating a normal service as soon as possible . 我們希望能盡快使服務(wù)恢復(fù)正常運(yùn)營(yíng)。
?services [ 名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式 ] UK
a place at the side of a large road at which fuel , food , drink , and other things that people want on their journey are sold
(主干道旁的)服務(wù)站
We stopped at the services to get fuel . 我們?cè)诜?wù)站停下來(lái)加油。
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service noun (DEALING WITH CUSTOMER)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]the act of dealing with customers in a shop , restaurant , or hotel by taking their orders , showing or selling them goods , etc.
接待;招待;服務(wù)
The only trouble with this café is that the service is so slow . 這家咖啡館唯一的缺點(diǎn)就是服務(wù)太慢。
You should leave a generous tip to reward good service. 你的小費(fèi)應(yīng)該給得大方一點(diǎn),獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)優(yōu)質(zhì)服務(wù)。
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
an amount of money charged for serving a customer in a restaurant , often paid directly to the waiter
服務(wù)費(fèi)
There is a ten percent service charge included in the bill . 賬單包括10%的服務(wù)費(fèi)。
例句
service noun (WORK)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]work that someone does or time that someone spends working for an organization
服務(wù)時(shí)間;上班時(shí)間
These teenagers all do community service in their free time . 這些青少年都在業(yè)余時(shí)間為社區(qū)服務(wù)。
She was given the award for a lifetime of public service. 她一生為公眾服務(wù),因此獲得獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。
her service on a jury 她擔(dān)任陪審員的服務(wù)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
a business that offers a particular type of help or work
提供服務(wù)的業(yè)務(wù)
Why don't you call the babysitting service? 為什么不給提供照看孩子服務(wù)的公司打個(gè)電話呢?
a laundry /ironing service 洗衣/熨衣服務(wù)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
a government department that is responsible for a particular area of activity
政府機(jī)構(gòu);公務(wù)部門(mén)
the diplomatic service 外交部門(mén)
the security services 安全部門(mén)
?services [ 名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式 ] formal
the particular skills that someone has and can offer to others
(可提供的)技術(shù)服務(wù)
I may be needing the services of a surveyor soon , as I'm buying a house . 我不久可能需要一名房屋鑒定人,因?yàn)槲蚁胭I(mǎi)房。
?in service
in use
在服役;在使用中
The battleship has been in service since 1965. 1965年以來(lái),這艘戰(zhàn)艦一直在服役。
?be in service UK old-fashioned
to be employed as a servant
當(dāng)傭人,當(dāng)仆人
Her mother was in service. 她母親曾經(jīng)給人當(dāng)傭人。
service noun (ARMED FORCES)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ](work in) the armed forces
服兵役;軍隊(duì)
He joined the air force in 1964 and spent ten years in the service. 他1964年參加空軍,服役10年。
All men under 35 were told to report for military service. 所有35歲以下的男子都被要求服兵役。
Service personnel are subject to the Official Secrets Act. 軍事人員要遵守《國(guó)家保密法》。
?the services [ 名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式 ]
the army , navy , and/or air force
軍隊(duì),部隊(duì)
a career in the services 軍旅生涯
?on active service
fighting in a war
在戰(zhàn)斗
He was the first member of his regiment to die while on active service. 他是他們團(tuán)第一個(gè)陣亡的人。
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service noun (RELIGIOUS CEREMONY)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]a formal religious ceremony
禮拜儀式;祈禱儀式
A memorial service is being held on Sunday for victims of the explosion . 星期天將為爆炸事件中的罹難者舉行一個(gè)追悼?jī)x式。
例句
service noun (IN SPORTS)
in sports such as tennis , the act of hitting the ball to the other player to start play
(在網(wǎng)球等體育運(yùn)動(dòng)中)發(fā)(球)
She has a very fast service. 她發(fā)出的球速度很快。
同義詞
serve noun
service noun (ON TABLE)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]a set of objects such as plates , cups , or other things that are used in providing and eating food
一套餐具
a 24-piece dinner service 24件套的餐具
a tea service 一套茶具
service noun (REPAIR)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] mainly UKa check and repair of a vehicle or machine that is done after regular periods
(汽車或機(jī)器的)定期維修
She took the car in for a service yesterday . 她昨天把車送去檢修了。
習(xí)語(yǔ)
be of service (to sb)do sb a service 返回 service