subserve[səb'sə:v]

• vt.
  • 对有用，对…有益，有助于：

    Moderate exercise subserves digestion.

    适度锻炼有助于消化。

    It subserves your feeling to drink a whisky.

    喝下这杯威士忌可使你平静下来。

  • 促进，推动，促使…实现：

    to subserve the normalization of relations between the two

    促进双方的关系正常化

    It subserves me to finish the task before the due date.

    局势促使我提前完成了任务。

  • [废语]作…的部属(或部下)
• 变形:

  vt.subserved.subserving