service
英 ['s??v?s]
美['s?v?s]
- n. 服務，服侍；服役；儀式
- adj. 服務性的；耐用的；服現役的
- vt. 維修，檢修；保養
- n. (Service)人名；(英)瑟維斯
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詞態變化
復數:?services;第三人稱單數:?services;過去式:?serviced;過去分詞:?serviced;現在分詞:?servicing;
中文詞源
service 服務，服役，檢修，維修
serve,服務，-ice,名詞后綴。引申諸相關詞義。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. It's an open secret that the security service bugged telephones.
- 安全部門竊聽電話是人人皆知的秘密。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The plane has been kept in service far longer than originally intended.
- 這架飛機已經超期服役很長時間了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The intelligence service conceived a grand design to assassinate the War Minister.
- 情報機構策劃了一項暗殺陸軍部長的重大計劃。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She conceded just three points on her service during the first set.
- 她在第一盤自己的發球局僅失了3分。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. In some stores we were undermanned and customer service was suffering.
- 有些店我們人手不足，對顧客照顧不周。
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