喜樂美語
  1. 1aB1/ˌself ˈsɜːrvɪs/ · /ˌself ˈsɜːvɪs/自助式的

    Used about a shop, restaurant, or petrol station where you get or take the things you want yourself, and then pay for them, instead of a worker getting them for you.

    示範例句 · Example

    The café upstairs is self-service, so take a tray and choose what you like.

    逐字樓上的咖啡館是自助式的，所以拿一個餐盤然後選你喜歡的。

    self-service 說的是「這個地方是自助的」：本來店員幫你做的那一步，改成客人自己來。可以想成 self（自己）＋ service（服務）兩塊拼起來——自助餐廳自己端餐盤、超市自己從架上拿、加油站自己加油，畫面都一樣。它幾乎都放在名詞前面，例如 a self-service restaurant、a self-service checkout；要注意「自助」不等於「吃到飽」，self-service 只講「誰動手」，東西還是要一樣一樣付錢。

    常見搭配

    • a self-service restaurant / café

      自助式餐廳／咖啡館

      an eating place where you get your own food and then pay

      There is a self-service restaurant next to the bookshop.

    • a self-service supermarket / shop

      自助式超市／商店

      a shop where customers take goods from the shelves themselves

      By the 1950s, most food shops had become self-service supermarkets.

    • a self-service petrol station / gas station

      自助加油站

      a place where drivers put petrol in the car themselves

      She pulled into a self-service gas station on the way home.

    • a self-service checkout

      自助結帳機

      a machine that lets a customer scan and pay for goods alone

      The queue was long, so Leo used the self-service checkout.

    • a self-service breakfast

      自助式早餐

      a hotel breakfast that guests serve themselves

      Guests can have a self-service breakfast in the small dining room.

    • self-service facilities

      自助設施

      the equipment or area provided so people can serve themselves

      The new hall offers full self-service facilities for 300 people.

    意思相近

    self-servehelp-yourselfcafeteria-style

    意思相反

    full-servicewaiter-serviceattended

core核心畫面

You can picture self-service as the counter back: in this kind of shop, restaurant or petrol station, nobody comes to fetch things for you. You take the tray, fill the tank, pick the items off the shelf yourself, and the staff appear only at the end, to take your money. The word describes the place, not the customer.

可以想成櫃檯往後退了一步：在這種店、餐廳或加油站裡，沒有人會走過來幫你拿東西。你自己端盤子、自己把油加進車裡、自己從架上挑好，店員只在最後結帳時出現。這個字形容的是「這個地方是這樣運作的」，不是形容顧客——它貼在店門口，告訴你進去以後要自己動手。

意思相近

self-servehelp-yourselfcafeteria-style

意思相反

full-servicewaiter-serviceattended

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

self-servicenoun/sɛlfˈsɜː.vɪs/

  • 1

    The practice of serving oneself, usually when purchasing items.

    • On the opposite side of the concourse is the triple-counter ticket office and three self-service machines which are adjacent to a large customer service counter and the gateline.
  • 2

    Masturbation.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。