consumer
英 [kənˈsjuːmə(r)]
美 [kənˈsuːmər]
n. 消费者; 顾客; 用户
复数：consumers
Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1428 / COCA.1052
同义词辨析
clientconsumercustomeruser【导航词义：顾客】
clientn. 客户，委托人
〔辨析〕
指接受专业人士、公司、组织等提供的服务或建议的人。
〔例证〕
The client was too poor to pay his lawyer.
委托人太穷了，付不起律师的诉讼费用。
It will enable us to serve our clients even better in the future.
这将使我们以后能更好地服务客户。
The company required the clients to pay a large sum in advance.
公司要求客户提前支付一大笔费用。
委托人太穷了，付不起律师的诉讼费用。
It will enable us to serve our clients even better in the future.
这将使我们以后能更好地服务客户。
The company required the clients to pay a large sum in advance.
公司要求客户提前支付一大笔费用。
consumern. 消费者，用户
〔辨析〕
指花钱购买商品和服务的人。
〔例证〕
Consumers need the best products and the best services.
客户需要最好的产品和服务。
Nowadays, many consumers prefer to shop on the Internet.
如今，许多消费者更愿意在网上购物。
The price increases were passed on by the company to the consumers.
公司把上涨的价格都转嫁到了消费者身上。
客户需要最好的产品和服务。
Nowadays, many consumers prefer to shop on the Internet.
如今，许多消费者更愿意在网上购物。
The price increases were passed on by the company to the consumers.
公司把上涨的价格都转嫁到了消费者身上。
customern. 顾客，主顾
〔辨析〕
普通用词，含义较笼统，多指从某一商场或公司购买东西的人或机构。
〔例证〕
Several customers came in and bought the same jackets.
几名顾客走进来买了同样的夹克衫。
The new shop across the street has taken away some of my customers.
街对面新开张的商店挖走了我的一些顾客。
She was a regular customer at the fish market.
她是鱼市上的老主顾。
That school is one of our biggest customers.
那所学校是我们最大的客户之一。
几名顾客走进来买了同样的夹克衫。
The new shop across the street has taken away some of my customers.
街对面新开张的商店挖走了我的一些顾客。
She was a regular customer at the fish market.
她是鱼市上的老主顾。
That school is one of our biggest customers.
那所学校是我们最大的客户之一。
usern. 用户
〔辨析〕
指商品、服务等的使用者，通常为人、企业等。
〔例证〕
The new users are satisfied with our products.
这些新用户对我们的产品很满意。
The factory is a big user of electricity in this area.
这家工厂是该地区的一个用电大户。
这些新用户对我们的产品很满意。
The factory is a big user of electricity in this area.
这家工厂是该地区的一个用电大户。
牛津词典
noun
- 消费者；顾客；用户
a person who buys goods or uses services- consumer demand/choice/rights
消费者的需求 / 选择 / 权利 - Health-conscious consumers want more information about the food they buy.
注重身体健康的消费者想得到更多有关他们所购买的食物的信息。 - a consumer society (= one where buying and selling is considered to be very important)
消费社会 - Tax cuts will boost consumer confidence after the recession.
减税将增强消费者在经济衰退后的信心。
- consumer demand/choice/rights
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 消费者;顾客;客户
Aconsumeris a person who buys things or uses services.- ...claims that tobacco companies failed to warn consumers about the dangers of smoking.
声称烟草公司未能警示消费者吸烟的危害 - ...improving public services and consumer rights.
改善公共事业，增进消费者权益
- ...claims that tobacco companies failed to warn consumers about the dangers of smoking.
英英释义
noun
- a person who uses goods or services
双语例句
- Improved consumer confidence is crucial to an economic recovery.
消费者信心的提升对经济的复苏至关重要。 - The current recession was triggered by a slump in consumer spending
目前的经济衰退是由消费支出骤跌引起的。 - The reduced consumer demand is also affecting company profits.
消费需求的降低也影响到了公司的利润。 - In Britain the Consumer Protection Act makes it a criminal offence to sell goods that are unsafe.
英国的《消费者保护法》规定销售不安全物品属刑事犯罪行为。 - The Treasury has long been predicting an upturn in consumer spending.
财政部早就预测消费者支出会出现上扬。 - Most computer ads used to be loaded with technical specifications, virtually unreadable to the average consumer.
以前的大多数电脑广告里都会有很多专业说明，普通消费者几乎看不懂。 - The Philips deal also gives Sparc a foot in the door of a new market — consumer electronics.
与飞利浦公司的交易也使斯巴克得以进入一个新市场——消费类电子产品。 - The Consumer Federation claims banks are ripping you off by not passing along savings on interest rates
消费者联盟声称银行在坑骗客户，因为它们没有把从利率上节省下的钱拿来进行反馈。 - Demand-chain management captures information on consumer behaviour at the point of sale and feeds it up the supply chain.
需求环节的管理层会捕捉销售点顾客购物行为的信息，然后把信息再反馈给供应环节。 - Such laws could protect the consumer from harmful or dangerous remedies
这样的法规可以保护消费者免受有害或者危险药品的威胁。