英语词汇“to serve its turn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(h) to serve its turn: (of an idea, belief, activity, etc.) to do useful service, help to do a particular task (frequently with the implication of no longer being useful).

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1694 C. Leslie Querela Temporum 12/2 I cannot find that there is any now, who insist longer upon that common Place of the Inclinations of the People of Scotland: It, like some other Stories has serv'd its Turn.

1768 D. Watson Hist. Catechism vii. 70 As soon as the Jews themselves became fixed in the belief of One God and his providence, the scheme of keeping them in their own land had in a good measure served its turn.

1819 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 322 Probably the secrecy was a mere matter of sport, and that after it had served its turn, they cared little whether they were known or not.

1991 Times 16 Oct. 16/1 For most Americans of Irish origin, the equation ‘Irish equals anti-British’ has served its turn.

2003 E. K. Brathwaite in G. Heuman & J. Walvin Slavery Reader xvii. 382 The story is no doubt apocryphal, but it serves its turn.

单词	to serve its turn
释义	> as lemmas to serve its turn (h) to serve its turn: (of an idea, belief, activity, etc.) to do useful service, help to do a particular task (frequently with the implication of no longer being useful). ΚΠ 1694 C. Leslie Querela Temporum 12/2 I cannot find that there is any now, who insist longer upon that common Place of the Inclinations of the People of Scotland: It, like some other Stories has serv'd its Turn. 1768 D. Watson Hist. Catechism vii. 70 As soon as the Jews themselves became fixed in the belief of One God and his providence, the scheme of keeping them in their own land had in a good measure served its turn. 1819 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 322 Probably the secrecy was a mere matter of sport, and that after it had served its turn, they cared little whether they were known or not. 1991 Times 16 Oct. 16/1 For most Americans of Irish origin, the equation ‘Irish equals anti-British’ has served its turn. 2003 E. K. Brathwaite in G. Heuman & J. Walvin Slavery Reader xvii. 382 The story is no doubt apocryphal, but it serves its turn. extracted from turnn. < as lemmas
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