众所周知，词汇是
serve to 有助于
释义
If one thing serves to do something, it is to be of use for that thing.
例句
Progress in tax policy would serve to attract more investors.
GRE
Such experiences, inevitable and common in working on a writer to whom so little attention has been paid, serve to vaccinate the student—I hope for a lifetime—against credulous use of reference sources.
我希望这个经历能够帮助学生在今后的一生中都能不被欺骗性的参考资料所蒙蔽，这种经历在研究那些鲜有人知的作家时是不可避免且常见的。