She valued people only as they were of service to her or amused her.

她只看重能为她服务或逗她开心的人。

Her experience and miscellaneous reading were of service now, for they gave her some idea of dramatic effect, and supplied plot, language, and costumes.

她看过的戏剧演出和读过的闲书现在都有用了，它们使她对戏剧性的效果有了一点概念，还给她提供了情节、对白和古装方面的细节。

Two products of the forest, rosin and turpentine, were of service to man long before the making of paper from wood pulp and even before the lumber industry was started.

森林的两种产品，松香和松脂很早就被人类利用，早于用木浆造纸，甚至遭遇木材产业的开始。