to serve the people

基本解释

Or was I there to serve the people?
或者我会在这里为人民服务？
In retirement, they have found another way to serve the people – setting up a free matchmaking service.
退休后，他们找到了另一种方式来为人民服务——给别人介绍对象。

These reforms were proposed to make the government serve the people and carry out more fully their desire for social progress.
You must love loyal advisors and servants, whether they be foreigners or our own people, and spare no effort to serve the common good."
你一定要热爱俄国那些忠诚的大臣和臣民,不管他是来自外国还是国内,同时你也必须不遗余力地为公共利益服务"
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He told his son-in-law in December: "I will not say I would not serve if the good people were to be so unwise as to elect me."

It has been a tremendous honor to serve the people of Western New York.
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And ultimately, governments are here to serve the people, not to serve those in power.
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