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well served

English translation: there are many rail routes/frequency of trains

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English term or phrase:well served
Selected answer:there are many rail routes/frequency of trains
Entered by: airmailrpl

11:33 Jul 20, 2019
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
English term or phrase: well served
The sight of a gleaming railway snaking over an Alpine pass or hugging a lake has long inspired travellers, and both are well served by rail routes. This itinerary weaves from France through Switzerland to Austria, with spectacular views that will glue you to the train windows.

I don't really understand what well-served means in this context. Many thanks in advance.
Lakasa Stnorden
Local time: 10:28
there are many rail routes
Explanation:
well served by rail routes => there are many rail routes
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 10:28
Grading comment
many thanks!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +4there are many rail routes
airmailrpl
3 +2convenient to access by train
Darius Saczuk
3 +1they both benefit from the railroad service / system in positive ways
Oliver Simões
5 -3Rail rout has quite assisted both Alpine pass and the lake
Ali Sharifi
3 -1both are favorable/suitable
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


  

Answers


21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
are well served
they both benefit from the railroad service / system in positive ways


Explanation:
This is my understanding of the phrase.

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 06:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elisa Lopez Schiaffino: Yes, if a train serves a certain location it means it reaches that location. So if you live, there you can take a train to/from other places.
3 mins
neutral  Tony M: That might incidentally be the case, but it's not intrinsically the meaning of the S/T as asked.
3 hrs
neutral  AllegroTrans: Agree with Tony - not quite right
13 hrs
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
convenient to access by train


Explanation:
This is what it boils down to.

Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 09:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans
22 hrs
  -> Thank you, AllegroTrans.
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yes, what it boils down to though not really an explanation
1 day 20 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -3
Rail rout has quite assisted both Alpine pass and the lake


Explanation:
The rail rout has assisted both the Alpine pass and the lake it passes through.

Ali Sharifi
United States
Local time: 09:28
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Although this might be incidentally true, that's really not what the S/T as asked is saying; and note that 'quite assisted' is potentially ambiguous in EN, and so best avoided! Several errors, and as Daryo says "assist" not right verb here, unlike 'serve'
1 hr
  ->  It might 'incidentally' help the asker.
disagree  AllegroTrans: Ungrammatical + spelling error + lack of article
10 hrs
disagree  Daryo: how do you "assist" lakes and mountain passes ??? I was until now under the impression you can "assist" only people? You can't invent your own version of English and expect others to just accept it. Languages don't work that way.
12 hrs
  -> You could say the same thing for serving, but you see it is used where you do not think proper,
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
well served by rail routes
there are many rail routes


Explanation:
well served by rail routes => there are many rail routes

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 10:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
many thanks!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): The sentence doesn't quite make sense - it's 'tourism speak'.
16 mins
  -> thank you -" well served by rail routes." gets About 3,090 results on Google
agree  Tony M: Yes, though not necessarily so much the routes as by the number / frequency of trains running on them.
25 mins
  -> thank you - they are probably well served by the "rains" also
agree  Bisher Asil
5 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  AllegroTrans: it's really saying there are plenty of trains (there may only be one rail route for all we know)
10 hrs
  -> thank you
neutral  Daryo: going along many lakes and crossing many mountain passes - there is most likely just ONE railway for each mountain pass, or along any one lake.
17 hrs
  -> thank you
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: with AT. Lots of trains, not necessarily a lot of routes at all
1 day 16 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
both are favorable/suitable


Explanation:
Both answer the requirements by...

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 08:28
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: Your answer doesn't provide an explanation
6 hrs
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