service

英 [ˈsɜːvɪs]

美 [ˈsɜːrvɪs]

n.  公共服务系统; 公共事业; 公共事业机构(或公司); 服务性企业(或行业、业务)
v.  检修; 维护; 维修; 保养; 提供服务; 支付(债务)利息

复数：services　过去分词：serviced　现在分词：servicing　过去式：serviced　第三人称单数：services　

中考高考IELTS考研BEC计算机

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.160 / COCA.263

同义词辨析

ceremonyriteritualservice【导航词义：仪式】

习惯用语

n.

at the service of sb/sthat sb's service
• 随时可供使用（或可以帮助）
  completely available for sb to use or to help sb
• Health care must be at the service of all who need it.
  医疗保健机构必须为所有需要者提供服务。
• If you need anything, I am at your service .
  您要是需要什么，请尽管吩咐。
be of service (to sb)
• （对某人）有用，有帮助
  to be useful or helpful
• Can I be of service to anyone?
  有谁需要我帮忙吗？
do sb a/no service
• 有助于（或无助于）某人
  to do sth that is helpful/not helpful to sb
• She was doing herself no service by remaining silent.
  她老不吭气，这对她自己没好处。
press sb/sth into service
• 姑且使用；临时凑合
  to use sb/sth for a purpose that they were not trained or intended for because there is nobody or nothing else available
• Every type of boat was pressed into service to rescue passengers from the sinking ferry.
  为了营救下沉渡轮上的旅客，各类船只都被临时征用了。

牛津词典

noun

提供 providing sth
• 公共服务系统；公共事业
  a system that provides sth that the public needs, organized by the government or a private company
  1. the ambulance/bus/telephone, etc. service
     救护车、公车、电话等服务系统
  2. The government aims to improve public services , especially education.
     政府致力于改善公共服务事业，尤其是教育。
  3. Essential services (= the supply of water, gas, electricity) will be maintained.
     生活必需的水、气体燃料、电将维持供应。
• 公共事业机构（或公司）
  an organization or a company that provides sth for the public or does sth for the government
  1. the prison service
     监狱管理机构
  2. the BBC World Service
     英国广播公司对外广播
• 服务性企业（或行业、业务）
  a business whose work involves doing sth for customers but not producing goods; the work that such a business does
  1. financial services
     金融公司
  2. the development of new goods and services
     新的商品和服务领域的开发
  3. Smith's Catering Services (= a company) offers the best value.
     史密斯餐饮服务公司提供最佳餐饮服务。
  4. We guarantee (an) excellent service.
     我们保证提供优质服务。
  5. the service sector (= the part of the economy involved in this type of business)
     服务业
  6. a service industry
     服务性行业
旅馆；商店；餐馆 in hotel/shop/restaurant
• （对顾客的）接待，服务
  the serving of customers in hotels, restaurants, and shops/stores
  1. The food was good but the service was very slow.
     饭菜不错，但动作太慢。
  2. 10% will be added to your bill for service.
     您付账时要另加10%的服务费。
  3. Our main concern is to provide quality customer service .
     我们最关心的是为顾客提供优质服务。
为机构工作 work for organization
• （尤指长期、受到敬重的）工作，效劳，服务
  the work that sb does for an organization, etc., especially when it continues for a long time or is admired very much
  1. She has just celebrated 25 years' service with the company.
     她刚庆祝了自己在公司任职25周年。
  2. The employees have good conditions of service .
     雇员有良好的工作条件。
  3. After retiring, she became involved in voluntary service in the local community.
     她在退休后投身于当地社区的志愿服务工作。
交通工具；机器 of vehicle/machine
• 使用；使用状况
  the use that you can get from a vehicle or machine; the state of being used
  1. That computer gave us very good service.
     我们那台计算机很好用。
  2. The ship will be taken out of service within two years.
     那艘船将在两年之内退役。
• 检修；维护；维修；保养
  an examination of a vehicle or machine followed by any work that is necessary to keep it operating well
  1. I had taken the car in for a service.
     我把车送去检修了。
  2. a service engineer
     维修技师
技艺；帮助 skills/help
• （提供技术或帮助的）服务
  the particular skills or help that a person is able to offer
  1. You need the services of a good lawyer.
     你需要找一位好律师来帮助你。
  2. He offered his services as a driver.
     他说他愿意开车。
陆军；海军；空军 army/navy/air force
• 海陆空三军；兵役
  the army, the navy and the air force ; the work done by people in them
  1. Most of the boys went straight into the services .
     多数男生直接去服兵役了。
  2. He saw service in North Africa.
     他曾在北非服兵役。
  3. a service family
     军人家庭
宗教礼仪 religious ceremony
• 宗教礼仪；礼拜仪式
  a religious ceremony
  1. morning/evening service
     晨祷；晚祷
  2. to hold/attend a service
     举行 / 参加礼拜
  3. a funeral/marriage/memorial, etc. service
     丧葬、结婚、追思等宗教仪式
公共汽车；火车 bus/train
• 班车；车次
  a bus, train, etc. that goes regularly to a particular place at a particular time
  1. the cancellation of the 10.15 service to Glasgow
     10点15分开往格拉斯哥的车次取消
高速公路 on motorway
• （可加油、用餐、上厕所等的）服务站
  a place beside a motorway where you can stop for petrol, a meal, the toilets, etc.
  1. motorway services
     高速公路服务站
  2. It's five miles to the next services.
     距下一个服务站还有五英里。
网球 in tennis
• 发球；发球方式
  an act of hitting the ball in order to start playing; the way that you hit it
  1. It's your service (= your turn to start playing) .
     该你发球了。
  2. Her service has improved.
     她的发球有了提高。
整套餐具等 set of plates, etc.
• 整套餐具
  a complete set of plates, dishes, etc. that match each other
  1. a tea service (= cups, saucers , a teapot and plates, for serving tea)
     一套茶具
当仆人 being servant
• 仆人地位（或身份）
  the state or position of being a servant
  1. to be in/go into service (= to be/become a servant)
     做 / 去当用人
正式文件 of official document
• 送达
  the formal giving of an official document, etc. to sb
  1. the service of a demand for payment
     缴款通知的送达

verb

交通工具；机器 vehicle/machine
• 检修；维护；维修；保养
  to examine a vehicle or machine and repair it if necessary so that it continues to work correctly
  1. We need to have the car serviced.
     我们得把车送去检修一下了。
提供 provide sth
• 提供服务
  to provide people with sth they need, such as shops/stores, or a transport system
  1. Botley is well serviced by a regular bus route into Oxford.
     从博特利到牛津有一路公共汽车，按时发车，十分便利。
  2. This department services the international sales force (= provides services for it) .
     这个部门向国际销售人员提供服务。
支付利息 pay interest
• 支付（债务）利息
  to pay interest on money that has been borrowed
  1. The company can no longer service its debts .
     那家公司已无力支付债务利息。

柯林斯词典

For meaning 14, services is both the singular and the plural form. 义项14单复数同形。


• N-COUNT 公共服务事业;公共服务系统
  Aserviceis 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.
  1. Britain still boasts the cheapest postal service...
     英国仍拥有最便宜的邮政服务系统。
  2. 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。
  3. The authorities have said they will attempt to maintain essential services.
     当局已表示他们将努力维持公共基础服务。
• N-COUNT 公共事业机构(或公司)
  You can sometimes refer to an organization or private company as a particularservicewhen it provides something for the public or acts on behalf of the government.
  1. ...the BBC World Service.
     英国广播公司国际广播台
  2. ...Careers Advisory Services.
     职业咨询服务
• N-COUNT (机构或公司提供的某一)服务
  If an organization or company provides a particularservice, they can do a particular job or a type of work for you.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-PLURAL 服务业;服务性活动
  Servicesare 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.
  1. 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%。
  2. ...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
• N-UNCOUNT 服务内容;服务(质量);服务态度
  The level or standard ofserviceprovided by an organization or company is the amount or quality of the work it can do for you.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT (公共汽车或火车的)路线，行程车次，班车
  A bus or trainserviceis a route or regular journey that is part of a transport system.
  1. 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。
• N-PLURAL (提供技术或帮助的)服务
  Yourservicesare 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.
  1. 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。
  2. The performers have all offered their services free of charge.
     演员们都愿意免费出演。
• N-UNCOUNT (为某组织或活动所做的)工作，服务，效劳
  If you refer to someone'sserviceorservices toa 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.
  1. You've given a lifetime of service to athletics...
     你为田径运动贡献了一生。
  2. 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。
  3. ...the two policemen, who have a total of 31 years' service between them...
     一起共事共计 31 年的两名警察
  4. He was awarded the OBE in 1990 for services to fashion.
     凭着对时装业的杰出贡献，他于1990年荣获英帝国官佐勋衔。
• N-COUNT 海陆空三军;军队;部队
  The Servicesare the army, the navy, and the air force.
  1. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 兵役;作战
  Serviceis the work done by people or equipment in the army, navy, or air force, for example during a war.
  1. 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。
  2. ...an aircraft carrier that saw service in World War II.
     曾在二战中服役的航空母舰
• N-UNCOUNT (饭店、酒店，商店提供的)服务
  When you receiveservicein a restaurant, hotel, or shop, an employee asks you what you want or gives you what you have ordered.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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
• N-COUNT 宗教礼仪;礼拜仪式
  Aserviceis a religious ceremony that takes place in a church.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the church in which the President was attending morning service.
     总统做晨祷的教堂
• N-COUNT 整套餐具(或茶具)
  Adinner serviceor atea serviceis a complete set of plates, cups, saucers, and other pieces of china.
  1. ...a 60-piece dinner service.
     一套六十件套的餐具
• N-COUNT (高速公路边可加油、购物或用餐的)服务站
  Aservicesis a place beside a motorway where you can buy petrol and other things, or have a meal.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

in AM, use 美国英语用 rest area


• N-COUNT (网球、羽毛球等的)发球权，开球局
  In tennis, badminton, and some other sports, when it is yourservice, it is your turn to serve.
  1. 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。
• ADJ (大楼、建筑中的设施）员工专用的，后勤专用的
  Serviceis 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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the bigger tunnels, which run either side of the service tunnel.
     后勤隧道两边更大的隧道
• N-UNCOUNT 服侍;伺候
  If someone is inservice, they are working as a servant.
  1. 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。
• VERB 维修，检修,维护(机器、车辆)
  If you have a vehicle or machineserviced, you arrange for someone to examine, adjust, and clean it so that it will keep working efficiently and safely.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Serviceis also a noun.
     
  4. The car needs a service...
     这辆车该检修了。
  5. The company sends a service engineer to fix the disk drive before it fails.
     公司派了一位维修工程师前去修理磁盘驱动器,以免其出故障。
• VERB (国家、组织)支付(债息)
  If a country or organizationservicesits debts, it pays the interest on them.
  1. 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。
• VERB 为…提供服务;满足…的需求
  If someone or somethingservicesan organization, a project, or a group of people, they provide it with the things that it needs in order to function properly or effectively.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• See also:active serviceCivil Servicecommunity serviceemergency servicesin-serviceNational Health Servicenational servicepublic serviceroom service
• PHRASE 随时可供…使用;随时为…提供帮助
  To beat the service ofa person or organization means to be available to help or be used by that person or organization.
  1. 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。
• CONVENTION 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.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 帮…一个忙;对…有益
  If youdosomeonea service, you do something that helps or benefits them.
  1. 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。
  2. '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。”
• PHRASE (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 isin service, it is being used or is able to be used. If it isout of service, it is not being used, usually because it is not working properly.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Some two hundred obsolete warships and submarines have been taken out of service during the past five years.
     过去 5 年时间里,约 200 艘老式军舰和潜艇陆续退役。
• PHRASE 有用;有帮助
  If someone or something isof service toyou, they help you or are useful to you.
  1. 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。
• tobe pressed into service→ see:press

英英释义

noun

• the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
  1. that restaurant has excellent service
• periodic maintenance on a car or machine
  1. it was time for an overhaul on the tractor
  Synonym:overhaulinspection and repair
• the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
  1. he accepted service of the subpoena
  Synonym:servingservice of process
• (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
  1. his powerful serves won the game
  Synonym:serve
• work done by one person or group that benefits another
  1. budget separately for goods and services
• (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
• employment in or work for another
  1. he retired after 30 years of service
• the act of mating by male animals
  1. the bull was worth good money in servicing fees
  Synonym:servicing
• the act of public worship following prescribed rules
  1. the Sunday service
  Synonym:religious servicedivine service
• an act of help or assistance
  1. he did them a service
• tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
  Synonym:table service
• a means of serving
  1. of no avail
  2. there's no help for it
  Synonym:availhelp
• a company or agency that performs a public service
• a force that is a branch of the armed forces
  Synonym:military servicearmed service

verb

• make fit for use
  1. service my truck
  2. the washing machine needs to be serviced
• mate with
  1. male animals serve the females for breeding purposes
  Synonym:serve
• be used by
  1. The sewage plant served the neighboring communities
  2. The garage served to shelter his horses
  Synonym:serve

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You've given a lifetime of service to athletics
  你为田径运动贡献了一生。