It serves as a landing area for bees and other insects that spread pollen to the plant.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

He serves as something like a complicated double for the young, unpublished, and as of yet unproductive poet himself.

他就像一个复杂的替身，是那些年轻的，还没出版诗歌或是不多产的诗人自己的替身。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The poem on the morning of Christ's nativity serves as Milton's preparation for something greater than itself.

圣诞清晨歌》这首诗,在弥尔顿准备阶段起到一个比诗本身要大的作用。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

She currently serves as the managing director of Biotechnology Programs at the University of San Francisco.

VOA: special.2011.05.10

It turns out when you give Aldopa to people, it gets converted biochemically into natural dopamine which then serves as its own agonist.

已经证明如果向人体中引入阿多巴,它就能通过生化过程转化为多巴胺,发挥激动剂作用

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

The eighty-hectare cemetery also serves as a burial place for people of national and historical importance.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

And this Robber's Cave study serves as a nice illustration of morality in everyday life.

这个罗伯洞穴实验就很好地解释了,日常生活中的道德。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He said Rosa Parks's bravery serves as an example of the power of small acts.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

It may be that my chapter serves as introduction to you.

也许我那一章,可以被看作介绍性的一章。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

Each coral polyp releases a hard calcium carbonate skeleton that serves as a base.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

The finding is that if your race or your group has a negative stereotype associated with it in any particular domain, being reminded of it serves as a stereotype threat and hence damages your performance in all sorts of domains.

他们发现如果你的种族或群体,跟一个消极的刻板印象有关,随便在什么领域上，如果别人在你面前提前，就足以构成刻板印象威胁,从而影响你在这个领域上的表现。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And hundreds of kinds of birds have been sighted in the park which serves as a stopping area for birds as they fly to other places.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

The King Center in Atlanta serves as a "living memorial" to Dr.King.

VOA: special.2011.01.17

He also serves as a spokesman for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

VOA: special.2011.08.01

The chief justice of the United States serves as judge.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

Schimming-Chase, who serves as chief whip in the Namibian National Assembly, says women are losing ground in politics.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

The plastic tarp that serves as the roof of her house fills with water when it rains.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Commissioner Rehn says the Greek crisis serves as a lesson for the eurozone as a whole.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

That view is challenged by Georgia State University professor Jennifer McCoy, who also serves as director of the Americas Program at the Carter Center in Atlanta.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

In addition to her research and teaching, Fuchs serves as president of the American Society for Cell Biology, and is president-elect of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

And reporters who attend the Vancouver Organizing Committee's joint daily briefing with the International Olympic Committee are quite familiar with her, as she serves as the official spokesperson for VANOC.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Diliani,a Christian, serves as the Fatah spokesman for Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

"Since that time we've really learned that as close as they are to human species, they're not close enough for any real scientific outcomes for drug testing.I think like that" That's Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, she is a long-time animal welfare advocate and serves as director of public affairs, for the Physicians Committee "Over 80 different HIV-related vaccines have worked in chimpanzees but none have proven effective in human beings.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16