n.(名词)

1. （老）顾客，主顾，客户，买主，客人，用户，储户
2. 家伙，小子，人
3. 观众，听众

n.(名词)

1. [C]顾客,主顾 a person who buys things from a shop

Noun:

1. someone who pays for goods or services

1.顾客;主顾;客户
Acustomer is someone who buys goods or services, especially from a shop.

e.g. Our customers have very tight budgets.
我们的顾客很会精打细算。
e.g. ...a satisfiedcustomer.
心满意足的顾客

2.(某一类型的)家伙
You can usecustomer in expressions such asa cool customer ora tough customer to indicate what someone's behaviour or character is like.

e.g. She's a real coolcustomer.
她是个很冷静的家伙。
e.g. ...two pretty awkward customers.
两个相当难缠的家伙

When you buy goods from a particular shop or company, you are one of itscustomers. If you use the professional services of someone such as a lawyer or an accountant, you are one of theirclients. Doctors and hospitals havepatients, while hotels haveguests. People who travel on public transport are referred to aspassengers.
从某一家商店或公司买东西的人是他们的customer(顾客)。接受律师或会计师等的专业服务的人是他们的client(客户)。医生或医院接待patient(病人)，饭店旅馆接待guest(客人)。乘坐公共交通工具的人被称作passenger(乘客)。

1. customer

1. 用户：手机无线应用从诞生的那一刻起就形成了一个完整的产业链,各方相互依存,缺一不可:内容提供商(Content Provider)、运营商(Operator)、终端设备生产商(Devices Provider),用户(customer)的关系见下图:

My father asked me to see the customer to the door.

我父亲要我送顾客到门口。

The new store across the road has taken away most of my customers.

路那边的那家新店抢走了我的许多主顾。

The firm has excellent customer relations.

此公司与客户关系极好。

an awkward customer

难对付的家伙

the customer service department

客户服务部

one of the shop's best'/biggest customers

此商店最大的客户之一

They know me'u2500I'm a regular customer .

我是老主顾，他们都认识我。

Our customers have very tight budgets.

我们的顾客很会精打细算。

...a satisfied customer.

心满意足的顾客

She's a real cool customer.

她是个很冷静的家伙。

...two pretty awkward customers.

两个相当难缠的家伙

Many a customer has been lost through negligence of service.

由于服务不周失去了许多老主顾.

The customer will not dig down for such food.

那个顾客不会为这种食物掏腰包的.

The salesman hurried the customer to make a choice.

售货员催促顾客赶快做出选择.

She was the most difficult customer the salesman had to deal with that day.

她是这个售货员那天所遇到的最难应付的一位顾客.

He refused to bow and scrape to every customer.

他不愿奉承每个顾客.

He's a tricky customer.

他是个狡猾的顾客.

The customer cast his money on the counter and left.

那位顾客把钱扔在柜台上就离开了.

Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely.

经理认出了那位顾客是谁, 所以陪了一千个不是,并且狠狠地斥责了那个店员.

The indignant customer complained to the manager.

那个愤怒的顾客向经理投诉.

Since you are an old customer, you can buy the goods on the cheap.

既然你是老顾客, 你可以用低廉的价格买这些商品.

Call our customer careline for advice.

请拨打我们的客户服务热线咨询。

We need to appeal to a wider customer base.

我们需要吸引更广泛的客户。

Sometimes small firms can outdo big business when it comes to customer care.

在顾客服务方面，有时小企业可能优于大企业。

The firm has an excellent customer service department.

该公司有一个非常出色的客户服务部。

It does not matter one whit to the customer.

这对顾客来说一点关系都没有。

In some cases, US industry has lost sight of customer needs in designing products.

某些情况下，美国工业在产品设计上忽略了客户的需求。

As one former customer said cynically, 'He's probably pocketed the difference!'

正如一位愤世嫉俗的旧主顾所说的那样，“他很可能把差额塞进了自己的腰包！”

As you are a valued customer, I am writing to you to explain the situation.

您是一位我们很重视的客户，所以我写信向您解释一下情况。

Car manufacturers are already producing small numbers of electric vehicles to test customer acceptance.

汽车制造商们已经开始生产少量的电动车辆以测试顾客的接受程度。

1. She's rather a tricky customer to do business with.
   她是个很难打交道的滑头家伙。
2. What sort of a customer is he?
   他是个什么样的人?
3. These goods enjoy growing favour among the customers.
   这些货物越来越受顾客的欢迎。
4. That shopkeeper cheats his customers.
   那个店主欺骗顾客。
5. We should tend on customers warmly.
   我们应该热情招待顾客。
6. To save customers' time, they began a delivery service.
   为了节省顾客的时间,他们实行送货上门。
7. We must be responsible to customers.
   我们必须对我们的顾客负责。
8. Bargaining can go on the whole day, or even several days, with the customers coming and going at intervals.
   讨价还价可以进行一整天,甚至进行好几天,买主则时来时往。
9. There have only been six customers in the shop today.
   今天店里就来了六位顾客。
10. The new shop across the road has taken away most of my customers.
    马路对面那家新开的商店把我的大部分顾客都抢走了。
11. The drinks were produced in response to customer demand.
    这种新饮料是按顾客的要求生产的。

动词+～

• customers">attract customers吸引顾客
• customers">draw customers招引顾客
• customers">increase customers增多顾客
• customers">lose customers减少顾客
• customers">please customers取悦于顾客
• customers%20fairly">treat one's customers fairly公平对待顾客
• customers">win customers赢得顾客

形容词+～

• customer">casual customer偶尔光临的顾客
• customer">chance customer偶然光顾的顾客
• customer">hard customer难对付的人
• customer">old customer老顾客
• customer">potential customer潜在顾客
• customer">regular customer老主顾
• customer">rough customer粗暴的人

名词+～

• customer">credit customer赊购的顾客
• customer">woman customer女顾客

电话商务

A：Good morning， ABC Computers， Sally speaking. Can I help you？
早上好。ABC公司，我是Sally，请问您找那位？

B：My name is Lance Stevens. May I speak to yourcustomer Service manager？
我是Lance Stevens，请你们的客户服务部经理接电话，好吗？

A：I'm sorry， he's in a meeting. May I take a message？
对不起，他在开会。要留个口信吗？

B：When will he be available？
他什么时间方便？

A：I don't know， sir. Would you like to leave a message？
我不知道，先生。您需要留个口信吗？

customer的近义词

B：No， that's OK. I'll call back.
不用了。我会再打过来的。

n.(名词)

1. customer的基本意思是“顾客”,指具体的人,是可数名词,可加不定冠词或数词修饰,有复数形式。引申可指“人”“家伙”。

n.(名词)

customer, guest, shopper

这三个词都是“顾客”的意思。其区别是：

guest指旅馆、饭店等的顾客; shopper指商店里的顾客; customer则是针对某一商店而言的顾客。

• ☆ 14世纪进入英语，直接源自盎格鲁法语的custumer；最初源自拉丁语的consuetudinarius，意为与之打交道的人。