self-service
self-service — 形容詞
1. Describes shops, restaurants, or other places where people pick the items or foo
自助的
顧客自行取用再付款
Describes shops, restaurants, or other places where people pick the items or food they want and pay at a counter, without help from a worker.
The hotel has a self-service breakfast area where guests get their own coffee and toast.
這家飯店設有自助早餐區，房客可以自己拿咖啡和吐司。
self-service + noun (breakfast area / restaurant / café)
Bao prefers self-service gas stations because they are quicker late at night.
Bao 偏好自助加油站，因為深夜時速度快得多。
The museum café is self-service, so visitors carry a tray to a window table.
博物館咖啡廳是自助式的，顧客自己端托盤到窗邊座位。
Many self-service laundrettes in Taipei stay open until midnight.
台北很多自助洗衣店營業到半夜。
The new self-service checkout lets you scan and pay without help from staff.
新設的自助結帳機讓你可以自己掃描商品並付款，不用找店員。
- self-serve
More casual; common in North American English for gas stations and buffets.
- serve-yourself
Less common but very literal; used mostly in written instructions.
- full-service
Used for gas stations or restaurants where staff assist you.
- table service
Specifically in restaurants where waiters bring food to your table.
文法句型
self-service + noun
be + self-service
用法筆記
Often placed before nouns such as shop, restaurant, checkout, or gas station. It can also follow the verb be, as in 'The café is self-service'.
常見錯誤
self-service — 名詞
1. A system in shops, restaurants, or fuel stations where customers take what they
自助服務
顧客自行取貨再結帳的營運方式
A system in shops, restaurants, or fuel stations where customers take what they need and pay at a till or by card, without a staff member serving them.
Self-service has become common in fast-food restaurants around the world.
自助服務在世界各地的速食店已經很常見。
uncountable noun as subject
Shirin finds self-service convenient when she only needs a few items from the supermarket.
Shirin 覺得只需要買幾樣東西時，自助服務很方便。
The store switched to self-service to reduce the number of staff at the checkout area.
這家商店改為自助服務，以減少結帳區的人員配置。
At the library, Sari uses self-service to scan and borrow books without waiting for help.
Sari 在圖書館使用自助服務，自己掃描借書，不必等候館員協助。
The café introduced self-service for drinks to speed up the morning rush.
這家咖啡廳引進飲料自助服務，以加快早上尖峰時段的速度。
- self-serve
Informal equivalent, especially in North American English.
- DIY service
Broader term that includes self-service in non-retail contexts.
- table service
Used for restaurants where waitstaff take orders and bring food.
- assisted service
Formal term for staffed service, often used in retail training materials.
文法句型
self-service + verb (singular)
switch to / introduce / offer + self-service
用法筆記
Uncountable — do not say 'self-services'. Often used in business descriptions of how a store or restaurant operates.