We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.

——Star Trek

我们是博格人。降下你们的护盾，并且投降。我们将同化你们的生命和技术，你们的人民将为我们服务。反抗无用。

——《星际迷航》

一、你知道service有几种含义吗？

n.

1.公共服务系统；公共事业 [C] a system that provides sth that the public needs, organized by the government or a private company

There is a firm that has an exclusive franchise to offer bus service in a certain city.

有一家在某城市的公共汽车服务方面拥有独占权力的厂商。

 

2.公共事业机构（或公司）[C] an organization or a company that provides sth for the public or does sth for the government

Make the establishing of the Bonded Area Management Bureau as a turning point to realize leadership centralization, institution integration, "one-station" work style, and "process-coordinated" service.

以建立保税区管理局为契机，实现领导一元化、机构一体化、工作“一站式”、服务“一条龙”。

 

3.服务性企业 [U,C] a business whose work involves doing sth for customers but not producing goods; the work that such a business does

People in some service trades make their rounds of the streets and villages, taxing all sorts of things, as in the play Mending Jars for Aunty Wang -- these people travel around and are well-informed.

有些服务性行业，串街游乡，修修补补，王大娘补缸，这些人跑的地方多，见识很广。

 

4.宗教礼仪，礼拜仪式 [C] a religious ceremony

Benediction: an invocation of divine blessing, usually at the end of a church service.

祝福祈祷：通常在礼拜末尾进行的祈福。

 

5.（网球等的）发球 [C] an act of hitting the ball in order to start playing

Pat Cash used a phenomenal service game to whip Lendl in straight sets.

帕特·卡什以超群的发球高招，直落三局击败了伦德尔。

 

6.检修，保养 [C] an examination of a vehicle or machine followed by any work that is necessary to keep it operating well

Let us service your automobile.

我们给你检修一下汽车。

 

v.

1.检修，维修（机器或车辆） [T] to examine a vehicle or machine and repair it if necessary so that it continues to work correctly

Let us service your automobile.

我们给你检修一下汽车。

 

2.为…提供服务 [T] to provide people with sth they need, such as shops / stores, or a transport system

Does Golden State provide you with satisfactory service?

金州公司是否为您提供满意的服务？

 

3.【术语】支付（债务）利息 [T] to pay interest on money that has been borrowed

The company hasn't enough cash to service its debts.

这家公司没有支付债务利息的现款。

 

二、下面我们来学习一下含有service的常见短语 

lip service

n.说得好听的话,空口的应酬话

 

mail service

邮递服务,邮政业务

 

military service

n.兵役

 

public service

n.公用设施,公共服务

 

service charge

n.服务费

 

service club

n. 士兵俱乐部

 

三、最后，来做个填词游戏吧

He was cited for his outstanding ____.

他的出色的服务受到表扬。