consumer

noun

1. 消费者；顾客；用户
   a person who buys goods or uses services
   1. consumer demand/choice/rights
      消费者的需求 / 选择 / 权利
   2. 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。
   3. a consumer society (= one where buying and selling is considered to be very important)
      消费社会
   4. 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。

1. N-COUNT 消费者;顾客;客户
   A consumer is a person who buys things or uses services.
   1. ...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
   2. ...improving public services and consumer rights.
      改善公共事业，增进消费者权益

1. Consumer advocacy groups are not so enthusiastic about removing restrictions on the telephone companies.
   保护消费者团体并不热衷于取消对电话公司的限制。
2. Some shops are bowing to consumer pressure and stocking organically grown vegetables
   一些商店迫于顾客的压力，开始供应有机蔬菜。
3. The current political turbulence represents the ideal breeding ground for this sort of collapse in consumer confidence.
   目前政治环境的动荡是消费者丧失信心的根本原因。
4. New consumer credit fell to$ 3.7 billion in August.
   8月份新增消费信贷降至37亿美元。
5. Consumer durables such as refrigerators, television sets, bicycles and so on were produced in large quantities.
   冰箱、电视、自行车等耐用消费品被大批量地生产出来。
6. The choice of consumer goods available in local shops is small.
   当地商店可供选择的消费品很少。
7. 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。
8. Once wholesale prices are deregulated, consumer prices will also rise.
   一旦批发价格放开，零售价格也会随之上涨。
9. Some economists disputed whether consumer spending is as strong as the figures suggest.
   一些经济学家怀疑消费性开支是否如数据所显示的那么大。
10. 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。
11. Consumer spending was the driving force behind the economic growth in the summer
    顾客消费是夏季经济增长的强大推动力。
12. 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。
13. There was further evidence of grey consumer power last week, when Ford revealed a car designed with elderly people in mind.
    福特汽车公司为老年人设计的一款汽车于上周亮相，这进一步体现了老年消费者的购买力。
14. Consumer groups still hold out hope that the president will change his mind
    消费者团体仍期望总统会回心转意。
15. 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。
16. As the market opens up, I think people are going to be able to spend more money on consumer goods
    随着市场的放开，我认为人们将能够增加用于消费品的支出。
17. Very few people have the money to take advantage of this consumer paradise.
    没多少人有钱享受这个购物天堂。
18. 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。
19. South Korea's imports of consumer products jumped 33% in this year.
    今年，韩国消费产品的进口激增了33%。
20. This is likely to revive consumer spending and a whole raft of consumer industries.
    这可能会带动消费性支出和一大批消费工业的复苏。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. The consumer is getting screwed by cover charges as well.
    这名消费者也被诈取了服务费。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. In the field of consumer electronics, Philips is determined to remain a world leader
    飞利浦决心保持其在消费类电子产品领域的世界领先地位。

  client consumer customer user【导航词义：顾客】

  client n. 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。

  consumer n. 消费者，用户

〔辨析〕指花钱购买商品和服务的人。

  customer n. 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。

  user n. 用户

〔辨析〕指商品、服务等的使用者，通常为人、企业等。

noun

1. a person who uses goods or services