serve something ↔ out

phrasal verbphr v

a) SPEND TIMEto complete a particular period of time in prison or doing a job 服满刑期；干到期满

Dillon’s almost served out his sentence (=in prison).

狄龙快服完刑了。

The Senator’s illness means he may not serve out his term.

这位参议员的病意味着他有可能无法完成他的任期。

b) British EnglishBrEDFGIVE to put food onto plates 分发，分配〔食物到各人盘子里〕

Serve out the rice, will you?

你来给大家盛饭，好吗？

Examples from the Corpus

serve out• Then he served it out, clinching the set when a Chang forehand sailed long.• He came back and served three out of four aces.• This distressing situation served to bring out the fact that Nagumo had been assigned two tactical missions which were essentially incompatible.• One of the easier Lyrical Ballads will serve to bring out the main points of critical debate.• The new Henman reminded himself that he had not yet dropped serve and set out to maintain that.• It was the type of sentence that would have been stricken from his record had he served it out without further problems.

serve out ... term• The unspoken assumption in all the speculation is that Yeltsin is too sick to serve out his four-year term.

→ serve something ↔ out at serve1(5)

词汇	serve something ↔ out
释义	serve something ↔ out serve something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v a) SPEND TIMEto complete a particular period of time in prison or doing a job 服满刑期；干到期满 Dillon’s almost served out his sentence (=in prison). 狄龙快服完刑了。 The Senator’s illness means he may not serve out his term. 这位参议员的病意味着他有可能无法完成他的任期。 b) British EnglishBrEDFGIVE to put food onto plates 分发，分配〔食物到各人盘子里〕 Serve out the rice, will you? 你来给大家盛饭，好吗？ Examples from the Corpus serve out• Then he served it out, clinching the set when a Chang forehand sailed long.• He came back and served three out of four aces.• This distressing situation served to bring out the fact that Nagumo had been assigned two tactical missions which were essentially incompatible.• One of the easier Lyrical Ballads will serve to bring out the main points of critical debate.• The new Henman reminded himself that he had not yet dropped serve and set out to maintain that.• It was the type of sentence that would have been stricken from his record had he served it out without further problems. serve out ... term• The unspoken assumption in all the speculation is that Yeltsin is too sick to serve out his four-year term. → serve something ↔ out at serve1(5)
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