if my memory serves me

if I remember correctly

如果我沒(méi)記錯(cuò)的話

serve at table

act as a waiter

當(dāng)侍者

serve someone right

be someone's deserved punishment or misfortune

罪有應(yīng)得；活該

it would serve you right if Jeff walked out on you.

如果杰夫離你而去的話，那你活該。

serve one's time

(主美亦作 serve out one's time)hold office for the normal period

任期內(nèi)任職

serve one's/its turn

be useful

有用；起作用

serve someone's turn

be useful to someone

對(duì)某人有用

serve two masters

take orders from two superiors or follow two conflicting or opposing principles or policies at the same time

侍二主，聽(tīng)命于兩個(gè)原則相左的上級(jí)

serve out

(Tennis)win the final game of a set or match while serving

(網(wǎng)球)發(fā)球贏得一局的最后一場(chǎng)

Fitzgerald then served out for the set.

費(fèi)茨杰拉德本局最后一場(chǎng)憑發(fā)球取勝。

serve (someone) right

To be deserved under the circumstances

應(yīng)得：在某些條件下應(yīng)該

Punish him; it will serve him right for what he has done to you.

懲罰他；考慮到他對(duì)你的所做所為這樣對(duì)他是他罪有應(yīng)得