serve out

英 [sɜːv aʊt]

美 [sɜːrv aʊt]

干完（任期）; 执行完（合同）; 服满（刑期）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 干完(任期);执行完(合同);服满(刑期)
  If someoneserves outtheir term of office, contract, or prison sentence, they do not leave before the end of the agreed period of time.
  1. The governor has declared his innocence and says he plans to serve out his term...
     州长已宣称自己是清白的，并说他打算任职到期满。
  2. I was resigned to serving out the sentence.
     我只能服满刑期。

双语例句

• If you figure out what you need to get out of the job to help your career, and go after it, you have a positive incentive to serve out that term, Dufour says.
  杜福尔表示：你需要从这份工作中收获什么，来为自己的职业发展提供帮助？如果你很清楚这点，那就去努力争取吧。既然你有积极的理由，那么你一定可以坚持到最后。
• I was resigned to serving out the sentence.
  我只能服满刑期。
• He'd fall into small holes and repeatedly serve himself out.
  他有时掉进坑里，但不断的通过发球爬出来。
• I have been ordered to serve out rations to soldiers.
  我奉命给士兵们分发口粮。
• If Fernandez is shown the door, the board could either buy out his contract immediately or allow him to serve out his term.
  如果请费尔南德斯走路，教育局可以付钱马上终止合约，或是让他做满任期。
• My first serve was out, but my second serve was just in.
  我发的第一个球出界了，但是第二个球正好在界内。
• Mr Johnson insists he will serve out his four-year term until 2016, although there could be a clamour for him to rescue his party if Mr Cameron fails to secure a majority at the next election.
  约翰逊坚称，他会担任伦敦市长到2016年，完成四年任期。不过，如果卡梅伦在下次大选中未能获得多数支持，可能会有人大力要求约翰逊挺身而出，拯救保守党。
• Reality shows serve up juicy drama out of human shortcomings.
  现实社会上演了一出又一出揭示人性弱点的肥皂剧。
• The governor has declared his innocence and says he plans to serve out his term
  州长已宣称自己是清白的，并说他打算任职到期满。
• In certain cases, education and enlightenment can serve to eke out evil.
  在某种情况下，教育和智力都是可以起济恶的作用的。