customer ♦︎ client ♦︎ consumer ♦︎ buyer ♦︎ purchaser ♦︎ shopper ♦︎ patron ♦︎ punter ♦︎ regular ♦︎ end-userThese are all words for a person or organization that buys sth from a shop or business.這些詞均表示顧客、買家、客戶。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to have / deal with / get / lose a customer / client / buyer◆to attract customers / clients / consumers / buyers / shoppers / punters◆to encourage customers / clients / consumers / buyers / shoppers◆to entice / persuade customers / clients / consumers / buyers◆to tempt customers / buyers / shoppers◆customers / clients / consumers / buyers / purchasers / shoppers buy / spend sth■customer [countable] a person or organization that buys sth from a shop or business or who uses a bank顧客;主顧;客戶◆He comes in twice a week and is one of our best customers.他每周來兩次,是我們最好的顧客之一。◆Schools are among the biggest customers for this service.學校可說是這種服務最大的客戶群。◆I'd like to speak to someone in the customer service department, please.我想找客戶服務部的人,謝謝。 see also custom ⇨ business2■client ˈklaɪənt [countable] a person who uses the services or advice of a professional person or organization委托人;當事人◆She's a well-known lawyer with many famous clients.她是一個知名律師,有許多著名的委托人。◆It is our job to act on behalf of the client.代表客戶行事是我們的職責。 see also clientele ⇨ market1■consumer kənˈsjuːmə(r); NAmEkənˈsuːmər [countable] a person who buys goods or uses services消費者;顧客;用戶◆Health-conscious consumers want more information about the food they buy.注重健康的消費者想得到更多有關他們所購買的食物的信息。◆The big stores are, of course, responding to consumer demand.大商店當然會對顧客需求作出反應。◆We live in a consumer society(= one in which buying and selling is considered to be very important).我們生活在一個消費型社會。ⓘ Consumer is usually used to talk about the habits and behaviour of people who buy things in general, rather than about any person in particular. Consumer is often used like an adjective before words such as demand, boycott, boom, confidence, and spending. * consumer通常用來談論一般大衆消費的習慣和行爲,不指具體的某個人。consumer常像形容詞一樣置於demand、boycott、boom、confidence和spending等詞前。■buyer [countable] a person who buys sth, especially sth expensive(尤指昂貴商品的)買主,買方◆Have you found a buyer for your house?你的房子找到買主了嗎?ⓘ Buyer is most often used to talk about a person buying a house or car, or a large amount of goods for a company. * buyer主要用於指買房、買車,或爲某家公司購買大量商品的人。 see also buy ⇨ buy■purchaserˈpɜːtʃəsə(r); NAmEˈpɜːrtʃəsər [countable] (formal, especiallywritten) a person who buys sth, especially sth expensive(尤指昂貴商品的)買主,買方◆The purchaser reserves the right to change his or her mind.買方保留改變意願、退出交易的權利。ⓘ Purchaser is most often used in formal written English to talk about a person buying a house or car, a business or shares in a business. * purchaser主要用在正式書面語中,指購買房産、汽車、公司或公司股票的人。 see also purchase ⇨ buy■shopper [countable] a person who buys goods from a shop購物者;(商店的)顧客◆Crowds of shoppers had to be evacuated from the store after the bomb threat.收到炸彈威脅後,一群群顧客被迫從商店疏散。◆Competition between stores can result in big savings for shoppers.商店間的競爭可以使購物者省很多錢。ⓘ Shopper is most often used in the plural, after words relating to large numbers such as hundreds/thousands/crowds ofor words relating to times when large numbers of people buy things in shops. * shopper常用複數形式,用在表示較大數量的詞後,如hundreds/thousands/crowds of,或表示購物高峰期的詞後◆Christmas / Saturday-morning shoppers聖誕節/周六早晨的購物者 see also shop ⇨ buy■patronˈpeɪtrən [countable] (formal) a person who uses a particular shop, restaurant, theatre, etc.(商店、餐館、劇院等的)老主顧,常客,顧客◆Patrons are requested not to smoke.請顧客不要吸煙。■punter [countable] (BrE, informal) a person who buys or uses a particular product or service(産品或服務的)顧客,主顧,客戶◆It's important to keep the punters happy.重要的是讓客戶滿意。◆Your average punter won't notice the difference.普通顧客不會注意到那個差别。■regular [countable] a customer who often goes to a particular shop, bar, restaurant, etc.(商店、酒吧、餐館等的)常客,老主顧◆He's one of our regulars.他是我們的一位老主顧。■ˌend-ˈuser [countable] a person who actually uses a product rather than one who makes or sells it, especially a person who uses a product connected with computers(尤指計算機産品的)最終用戶,直接用戶,終端用戶◆Programs are tailored to meet the needs of end-users.這些程序是爲滿足最終用戶的需求量身訂做的。
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