serve as

Should pastors or elders be paid, or serve as a volunteer?

牧师或长老需要付给酬劳, 还是志愿的事奉 呢 ?

In a way, I'm glad you made that mistake, for it will serve as a warning to you.

在某种程度上说, 你犯那个错误我 倒 感到高兴, 因为它可以对你敲警钟.

His not-for-profit organization runs 100 river boats that serve as floating libraries, schools, and health clinics, and are equipped with solar panels and other communicating facilities ．

他的非盈利性组织经营着100艘河上船只,这些船只作为浮动图书馆、学校和卫生诊所使用,并配备了太阳能电池板和其他通讯设施。

The title of one of Dietrich's best-known songs could serve as the leitmotif for her life.

黛德丽的一生可用她的一首名曲的名字来概括。

Such stories serve as a spur to children's imagination.

这类故事能激发儿童的想像力.

He volunteered to serve as the manager of our department store.

他自荐当我们商场的经理.

It's just there to serve as a guide.

它只是在那里起向导作用。

A life-insurance policy may serve as security for a loan.

人寿保险可作贷款的抵押.

They drafted her to serve as their delegate.

他们选她当代表.

The sofa will serve as a bed for a night or two.

沙发可以当床凑合一两夜。

They can serve as markers to check the effectiveness of experimental treatments.

蛋白质还可以作为检测实验治疗有效性的标识物.

Trade should not serve as a means of economic plunder.

贸易不应当成为经济掠夺的手段.

Several painters were working on a huge piece of canvas which would serve as the scenery.

几位画家正在一块用作舞台布景的巨大帆布上作画。

She was elected to serve as secretary of the local party.

她当选为地方党组织的书记。

Roughly chop the vegetables, and keep back a little to chop finely and serve as a garnish.

大致切一下蔬菜，留下一点切细用作饰菜。

The holes were sufficiently large to serve as nests.

这些洞作鸟巢足够大。

Here phenomena include also the excitation-response relationships of natural materials for which ideal material serve as models.

这里，现象也包括着以理想物质为其模型的自然物质的激发反应关系。

This episode may serve as a paradigm.

这一插曲可以充作典型例子.

Forbes' in-house legal counsel, Kai Falkenberg, says she knows of no cases that have relied on legal disclaimers, though she says they might serve as persuasive17 evidence in a trade secrets case where a party was attempting to keep information confidential18.

福布斯的咨询律师卡伊·法尔肯贝里说她还没听说过法律免责声明派上用场的时候，尽管它们可能在一方试图保持信息机密的商业机密案中被当作是具有说服力的证据。

This will serve as certification.

以此为凭.

He knew my love for yoga and had seen a space close to where he lived that he thought might be good to serve as a yoga studio.

他知道我对瑜伽的热爱，看到离他住的地方很近的一抉空地时，他觉得可能正好适合做瑜伽工作室。

I will serve as president of Shanghai Film Academy. It's a university.

我将担任上海大学电影学院院长。

Oceans serve as the main arteries of transportation between continents.

海洋是各大陆间的主要运输渠道。

Water may serve as a type of instability.

水可以作为不稳定性的象征.

Comprehensively deepening reform will not only liberate of the society. It will serve as a strong driving force for China's economic and social development.

总之，我们正在推行的全面深化改革，既是对社会生产力的解放，也是对社会活力的解放，必将成为推动中国经济社会发展的强大动力。

It may, however, serve as a mechanism for cyanide detoxification.

但是也可能这是一条氰化物解毒的途径.

Both nations want to open the station to international cooperation so it can serve as a platform to boost scientific exchanges and foster peaceful exploration and development of outer space.

两国希望面向所有国际合作开放国际月球科研站，加强科学研究交流，推进全人类和平探索利用太空。

We found that birch bark could serve as paper.

我们发现桦树皮可以作纸用.

Several painters were working on a huge piece of canvas which would serve as the scenery

几位画家正在一块用作舞台布景的巨大帆布上作画。

Small towns in South India serve as economic and cultural centres for the surrounding villages.

印度南部的小城镇是周围村庄的经济文化中心。