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subserve vt. 对…有用,对…有帮助,对…有益,促进 对…有用,对…有帮助,对…有益,促进 subserve v 1: be helpful or usefulSubserve \ Sub* serve"\, v. i. To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity. [ 1913 Webster] Not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Subservience
Subserve \ Sub* serve"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Subserved}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Subserving}.] [ L. subservire; sub under servire to serve. See { Serve}.] To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote. [ 1913 Webster] It is a great credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy. -- Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster] 35 Moby Thesaurus words for " subserve": act for, advance, assist, be found wanting, be inferior, be instrumental, come short, conduce to, contribute to, decide, determine, facilitate, fail, fall short, follow, forward, go between, have nothing on, influence, lead to, mediate, minister to, not approach, not come near, not compare, not hack it, not make it, not measure up, play second fiddle, promote, rank under, redound to, serve, turn the scale, want
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