1、He knew my love for yoga and had seen a space close to where he lived that he thought might be good toserve as a yoga studio.(他知道我对瑜伽的热爱，也看到他的住所附近有一个地方，他觉得那个地方可以用作瑜伽馆。)
2、Theyserve as a natural fertilizer and help support the roots of future crops.(它们起到天然肥料的作用，帮助为未来作物的根系提供养分。)
3、The growing power of the elite, who controlled the economy, would give them the means to physically coerce people to move to Teotihuacán andserve as additions to the labor force.(控制着经济的精英阶层力量不断增强，这将使他们能够强迫人们搬到特奥蒂瓦坎，作为劳动力的补充。)
4、They willserve as modern Magellans, mapping out the solar system for whatever explorers follow, whether man or machine.(他们将作为现代麦哲伦人，绘制出太阳系的蓝图，无论探险者是人类还是机器。)
5、For example, sunglasses are not just for fashion but they can alsoserve as a great way to protect your eyesight from ultraviolet rays.(例如，太阳镜不仅仅是为了时尚，也是保护视力免受紫外线伤害的好方法。)
6、The base willserve as a jumping-off point for troops going out into the country areas.(基地将作为军队进入乡村地区的出发地。)
7、The displays of art museumsserve as a warning of what critical practices can emerge when spontaneous criticism is suppressed.(艺术博物馆的展览提醒我们，当自发的批评被压制时会有什么样的批评行为出现。)
8、Small towns in South Indiaserve 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。)
9、The judge said the punishment wouldserve as a warning to others.(法官说这种惩罚将起到杀一儆百的作用。)
10、Toserve as responsible stewards of the planet, we must press forward on deeper atmospheric and oceanic research.(为了成为地球上有责任心的一员，我们必须推进对大气和海洋更深入的研究。)
11、Basically, we turned our skin darker toserve as a natural sun-protector in the place of the hair we lost.(基本上，我们的皮肤变黑了，从而在失去毛发的部位起到天然的防晒作用。)
12、The sofa willserve as a bed for a night or two.(沙发可以当床凑合一两夜。)
13、If only my misfortune mightserve as a lesson to disobedient boys who refuse to study!(要是我的不幸能给那些不听话、不肯学习的男孩们一个教训就好了！)
14、Her job was toserve as a gatekeeper, a human shield for the technicians.(她的工作是当一个看门人——技术员的人盾。)
15、The first wrongly assumes that the pterosaurs' hind feet resembled a bat's and couldserve as hooks by which the animal could hang in preparation for flight.(第一个（假设）错误地认为翼龙的后脚类似于蝙蝠的后脚，可以作为钩子，用来挂起来准备飞行。)
16、The Olympic suffered two crashes with other ships and went on toserve as a hospital ship and troop transport in World War I.(奥林匹克号曾两次与其他船只相撞，并在第一次世界大战中作为医疗船和军队运输船使用。)
17、Le Bohec said, "The plight of the king penguin shouldserve as a warning about the future of the entire marine environment in the Antarctic."(LeBohec说：“应该把帝企鹅的困境当作对未来南极整个海洋环境的一个警告来对待。”)
18、Outside directors are supposed toserve as helpful, yet less biased, advisers on a firm's board.(外部董事应当成为公司董事会得力又客观的顾问。)
19、The title of one of Dietrich's best-known songs couldserve as the leitmotif for her life.(迪特里希的一生可用她的一首名曲的标题来概括。)
20、The museum willserve as a memorial to the millions who passed through Ellis Island.(这个博物馆将成为曾经过埃利斯岛的数百万人的纪念馆。)
21、I want toserve as a volunteer of this international tennis competition because I'm really passionate about tennis.(我想要成为这次国际网球比赛的志愿者，因为我真的酷爱网球。)
22、People can't resist the temptation to buy and update electronic products because theyserve as a symbol of wealth and social status.(人们无法抗拒购买和更新电子产品的诱惑，因为电子产品象征着财力和社会地位。)
23、The document is non-binding, but it willserve as a guideline for countries and donor states that fund health care and family planning programmes.(该文件不具约束力，但将作为资助保健和计划生育方案的国家和捐助国的指导方针。)
24、A person who agrees toserve as mediator between two warring factions at the request of both abandons by so agreeing the right to take sides later.(如果一个人在双方的要求下同意充当交战双方的调解人，那么他就会同意以后站队的权利。)
25、The plant's carbon-capture technologies wouldserve as a pilot project for other new coal-burning plants.(该发电厂的碳捕获技术将作为其他新的燃煤发电厂的试点项目。)
26、His research canserve as a valuable reference for the UN to control the spread of EBOLA, a deadly virus.(他的实验能够为联合国提供宝贵的参考，帮助控制埃博拉这一致命病毒的传播。)
27、At last, I killed some birds and hung them among the crop, hoping they wouldserve as the scarecrows, which turned out to be successful.(最后，我杀了几只鸟，把它们挂在庄稼里，希望它们能充当稻草人，结果我成功了。)
28、Coffee without bread could never honestlyserve as supper, and there were no weeds in the park to eat as the spinach.(光有咖啡没有面包根本就算不上是晚餐，公园里也没有杂草可以当菠菜吃。)
29、Third, primary groups are fundamental because theyserve as powerful instruments for social control.(第三，初级群体是基础，因为他们是社会控制的有力工具。)
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