service
英['sɜːvɪs]
美['sɝvɪs]
- n. 服务，服侍；服役；仪式
- adj. 服务性的；耐用的；服现役的
- vt. 维修，检修；保养
- n. (Service)人名；(英)瑟维斯
词态变化
复数: services;第三人称单数: services;过去式: serviced;过去分词: serviced;现在分词: servicing;
中文词源
service 服务，服役，检修，维修
serve,服务，-ice,名词后缀。引申诸相关词义。
英文词源
- service (n.1)
- c. 1100, "celebration of public worship," from Old French servise "act of homage; servitude; service at table; Mass, church ceremony," from Latin servitium "slavery, condition of a slave, servitude," also "slaves collectively," from servus "slave" (see serve (v.)).
Meaning "act of serving, occupation of an attendant servant" is attested from c. 1200, as is that of "assistance, help; a helpful act." From c. 1300 as "provision of food; sequence of dishes served in a meal;" from late 14c. as "service at table, attendance during a meal." Meaning "the furniture of the table" (tea service, etc.) is from mid-15c.
Meanings "state of being bound to undertake tasks for someone or at someone's direction; labor performed or undertaken for another" are mid-13c. Sense of "service or employment in a court or administration" is from c. 1300, as is that of "military service (especially by a knight); employment as a soldier;" hence "the military as an occupation" (1706).
Also in Middle English "sexual intercourse, conjugal relations" (mid-15c.; service of Venus, or flesh's service). Service industry (as distinct from production) attested from 1938. A service station originally was a gas stop that also repaired cars. - service (v.)
- 1893, "to provide with service," from service (n.1). Meaning "perform work on" first recorded 1926. Related: Serviced; servicing.
- service (n.2)
- type of tree or berry, extended form of serve (perhaps via Middle English plural serves being taken as a singular), from Old English syrfe, Old French sorbe, both from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus (see sorb).
双语例句
- 1. It's an open secret that the security service bugged telephones.
- 安全部门窃听电话是人人皆知的秘密。
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- 2. The plane has been kept in service far longer than originally intended.
- 这架飞机已经超期服役很长时间了。
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- 3. The intelligence service conceived a grand design to assassinate the War Minister.
- 情报机构策划了一项暗杀陆军部长的重大计划。
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- 4. 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。
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- 5. In some stores we were undermanned and customer service was suffering.
- 有些店我们人手不足，对顾客照顾不周。
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