service

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. 公共服务机构; 公共服务系统

The postal service has been trying to cut costs. 邮政系统一直在试图削减成本。

We have started a campaign for better nursery and school services. 我们已开展了一场运动，以改善幼儿园和学校的服务。

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. 官方机构; 政府的行政部门

The Agriculture Department has ultimate control over the Forest Service. 农业部对林务局有最终控制权。

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. 服务; 服务项目

The kitchen maintains a twenty-four hour service and can be contacted via reception. 厨房提供24小时服务，可通过接待处联系。

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. 服务性工作; 服务性行业

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%。

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. 服务质量; 服务水平

Taking risks is the only way employees can provide effective and efficient customer service. 只有承担风险，雇员们才能提供高效的客户服务。

6. N-COUNT A bus or train service is a route or regular trip that is part of a transportation system. 交通线路

The local bus service is well run and extensive. 当地的公交线路运营良好，四通八达。

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. 专业性服务

I have obtained the services of a top photographer to take our pictures. 我得到了一位顶级摄影师的服务。

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; 供职[also N in pl, oft N 'to' n]

You've given a lifetime of service to athletics. 你一生致力于体育事业。

Most employees had long service with the company and were familiar with our products. 绝大部分雇员在公司供职多年，熟悉我们的产品。

9. N-COUNT The Services are the army, the navy, the air force and the marines. (包括陆、海、空军和海军陆战队在内的) 军队

Some of the money could be spent on persuading key specialists to stay in the Services. 可以花费一部分资金挽留重要专家在军队工作。

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; 作战

Units are being called up today for service in the Gulf. 今天正在征调一些部队去海湾服役。

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. (饭店、酒店、商店等的) 服务

Service was attentive and the meal proceeded at a leisurely pace. 服务很周到，饭吃得悠闲从容。

12. N-COUNT A service is a religious ceremony that takes place in a church or synagogue. 宗教仪式; 礼拜[also no det]

After the hour-long service, his body was taken to a cemetery in the south of the city. 长达1小时的宗教仪式之后，他的遗体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. 保养[also no det]

The car needs a service. 这辆车需要一次保养。

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. (网球、羽毛球等的) 发球

She conceded just three points on her service during the first set. 她在第1局中发球只丢了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. 员工专用的[ADJ n]

I went out through the kitchen and down the service lift

我穿过厨房，乘员工专用电梯下楼。

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. 做保养

I had my car serviced at the local garage. 我在当地的汽车修理厂给我的车做了保修。

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. 为…效力

There are now 400 staff at headquarters, servicing our regional and overseas work. 目前总部有400名员工致力于我们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. 帮某人一个忙

You are doing me a great service, and I'm very grateful to you. 你正在帮我一个大忙，我非常感谢你。

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. 拨款减少意味着设备达到该替换的期限后还要使用很长时间。

In 1882, the city's first electric tram cars went into service. 1882年，该市第1批电车投入使用。