Service

(noun.) the performance of duties by a waiter or servant; 'that restaurant has excellent service'.

(noun.) the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; 'he accepted service of the subpoena'.

(noun.) work done by one person or group that benefits another; 'budget separately for goods and services'.

(noun.) (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him.

(noun.) employment in or work for another; 'he retired after 30 years of service'.

(noun.) the act of public worship following prescribed rules; 'the Sunday service'.

(noun.) an act of help or assistance; 'he did them a service'.

(noun.) tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table.

(noun.) a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation.

(noun.) Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958).

(verb.) make fit for use; 'service my truck'; 'the washing machine needs to be serviced'.

(verb.) be used by; as of a utility; 'The sewage plant served the neighboring communities'; 'The garage served to shelter his horses'.

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• I don't see why you shouldn't like me to know that you wished to do me a service, my dear fellow. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Legree, in a fury, swore she should be put to field service, if she would not be peaceable. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• In the service I mentally insert Miss Shepherd's name--I put her in among the Royal Family. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• It was a part, at once of Mrs. Sparsit's dignity and service, not to lunch. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• They accepted the service with alacrity. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• And at Miss Halcombe's service, if she will honour me by accepting all the assistance I can offer her. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I have been in the same trade, and in the same service, for twelve years since. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• For the easy expression of public opinion in government is a clue to what services are needed and a test of their success. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Whether his whole soul is devoted to the great or whether he yields them nothing beyond the services he sells is his personal secret. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• These services, therefore, being almost entirely arbitrary, subjected the tenant to many vexations. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Lieutenant Grant offered his services, which were accepted. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Fanny, cried Tom Bertram, from the other table, where the conference was eagerly carrying on, and the conversation incessant, we want your services. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• In many points of detail the vassal's services differed widely in different parts of the feudal world. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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