if my memory serves me

if I remember correctly

如果我沒記錯的話

serve at table

act as a waiter

當侍者

serve someone right

be someone's deserved punishment or misfortune

罪有應得；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

任期內任職

serve one's/its turn

be useful

有用；起作用

serve someone's turn

be useful to someone

對某人有用

serve two masters

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

侍二主，聽命于兩個原則相左的上級

serve out

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

(網球)發球贏得一局的最后一場

Fitzgerald then served out for the set.

費茨杰拉德本局最后一場憑發球取勝。

serve (someone) right

To be deserved under the circumstances

應得：在某些條件下應該

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

懲罰他；考慮到他對你的所做所為這樣對他是他罪有應得