customer

英 ['kʌstəmə] 美['kʌstəmɚ]

n. 顾客；家伙

近义词 patron prospect consumer buyer browser clientele shopper client vendee purchaser

CET6 TOEFL TEM4 核心词汇

英英释义

1. someone who pays for goods or services

同义词辨析

guest, visitor, passenger, customer, client

这些名词都含有"客人，访问者"之意。

guest：多指事先受到激请而来，并受到欢迎与招待的宾客。也可指付钱居住者。

visitor：普通用词，指出差、访问、旅游、参观或到旅馆投宿的人。

passenger：主要指乘坐交通工具的游人或旅客。

customer：主要指交易一方的买主、主顾。

client与customer同义，多指进入商店被店员接待或购物的人。

考试真题

Companies are abandoning conventional functional departments and organising employees into crossdisciplinary teams that focus on particular products, problems or customers.

As customers began to queue, Mr.

Waiters should be paid by employers instead of customers.

Tips make it more difficult to please customers.

Restaurants should calculate the tips for customers.

It poses a great challenge for customers to do math.

It forces the customer to compensate the waiter.

It adds to the burden of ordinary customers.

Customers should pay more tips to help improve service.

In the next couple of years the businesses that thrive will be those that are tight with costs, careful of debt, cautious with cash flow and extremely attentive to what customers want.

But what was perhaps most astonishing about Mr Jobs was the absolute loyalty he managed to inspire in customers.

He set up personal links with many of his customers

To give customers a wider range of choices.

Sales assistants following customers around

Customers competing for good bargains.

Customers losing all sense of time

We're asking the customers to specify what they want," said Craig Prusher, the chain's vice president of government relations.

It's great because we play cards or just sit around and talk when there are no customers.

Em, I always serve the freshest possible food and I make the atmosphere as comfortable and as pleasant as I can, so that my customers will want to come back.

So you always aim to please the customers

Requesting customers to pay before taking the food.

Asking customers to leave their bags on the counters

Knowing the needs of customers.

Over 10 months, Comcast received nearly 12,000 customer complaints, many relating to its monthly data cap and overage charges.

In an email statement from the state's Office of Customer Focused Government, which is examining the possibility of outsourcing, spokeswoman Michelle R.

To get access to millions of new customers, insurers would have a strong incentive to sell on the exchange.

So the news that Cablevision, an American cable company, was rolling out interactive advertisements to all its customers on October 6th was greeted with some skepticism.

Cablevision hopes to allow customers to buy things with their remote controls early next year.

BSkyB, Britain's biggest satellite-television service, already provides 9 million customers with interactive ads.

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable After being dogged by technical delays for years, Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a SpaceShipTwo craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015.

The client company generallygives the advertising agency an agreed budget, a statement of theobjective of the advertising campaign known as a brief and an overall advertising strategy concerning the message to be communicated to the target customers.

However, characteristics associated with modern consumer culture mean produce is often wasted through retail and customer behaviour.

Of the produce that does appear in the supermarket, commonly used sales promotions frequently encourage customers to purchase excessive quantities which, in the case of perishable foodstuffs, inevitably generate wastage in the home.

They improved their customer service on a company wide basis.

They competed with one another to attract more customers.

Give the customer a ten percent discount.

Cancel the contract with the customer

They will be discountable to regular customers.

Lower their prices to attract more customers.

Well, I don't think we do anything deliberately to upset our customers.

By creating more awareness around your efforts to reduce waste, and by developing a culture of responsibility, repair, and reuse, you can build customer loyalty based on shared values .

Even when a retailer gets a customer to walk in the store, she can easily see if there's better deal online or at another store nearby.

Maybe you see low customer participation at first, or conversely, so much success that the cost of recycling becomes too high.

To motivate visitors to bring in more old shoes, Adidas Brazil promotes the program in stores by showing videos to educate customers, and it even offers a discount each time a customer brings in an old pair of shoes.

Trackers, which are ongoing projects that look at trends or customer satisfaction over a long period of time.

We do offer price adjustments within seven days of purchase to ensure our customer satisfaction.

An ocean view is much to the customers' taste.

And doubling a buffet's price led customers to say that its pizza was 11 percent tastier.

Apart from serving the customers, you'll also do the window dressing.

Besides, businesses seek to appeal to customers' senses.

By connecting directly with customers, and by responding quickly to changes in the markets as well as in the ecosystems (生态系统), small farmers can keep one step ahead of the big guys.

Fares for the senior /disabled customers senior citizens 65 and older and disabled customers may ride for half the regular fare.

Get the technology that has proven to help the most demanding customers.

He interviews customers at the bar.

Her years of hard work have finally been acknowledged after a customer nominated her to be cheshire's woman of the year.

In ancient Egypt, a shopkeeper discovered that he could attract customers to his shop simply by making changes to its environment.

In department stores, the women's shoe section is generally next to the cosmetics sections：while the shop assistant is going back to find the right size shoe, bored customers are likely to wander over cosmetics they might want to try later.

It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.

Larry was traveling along 165 north after delivering to one of his customers.

One way to encourage customers to stay and order that extra round: put on some Mozart.

Other organisations such as banks ask customers to sign long contracts they may not read or understand, but Miller believes social media requires special attention because it is so new.

Senior citizens and disabled customers can get free guide on how to use proper metrobus and metrorail services by calling 202-962-1100.

Stanley was one of my customers.

The company's "Oshbot" robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product's location in the store.

The house structure is a key factor customers consider.

They customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 plus drinks per session-care quick to intellectualize(高谈阔论), slow to open up and connect.

They find that customers make decisions in the first few seconds upon walking in the door, and turn it into a business opportunity.

They know that customers who buy the food first will feel happy so that they will buy more junk food later in their trip.

They motivate workers, and they make an impression on people who visit and might be potential, or prospective, customers.

They settled in at a comfortable east side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.

This new six-month trial will help US find out if we can influence customers to stand on both sides in the long term.

Unlike fast-food places, fine dining shops prefer customers to stay longer and spend.

Up to two children under ago five may travel free with a paying customer.

When a dark-colored cake was served on a black plate rather than a white one, customers recognized it as sweeter and more tasty.

When berlin restaurant customers ate in darkness, they couldn't tell how much they'd had: those given extra-large shares ate more than everyone else, but were none the wiser—they didn't feel fuller, and they were just as ready for dessert.

When entering the house, the customer would see the pacific ocean through the windows, and then the pool through an open stairway leading to the lower level.

Closer inspection reveals important differences among the biggest national markets, especially in their customer segments and wholesale structures, as well as the competitive dynamics of individual food and drink categories.

Consumers passionate about a product may create “owned” media by sending e-mail alerts about products and sales to customers registered with its Web site.

Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment – including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line –Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer.

Reforming the system would help both lawyers and their customers.

In fact, allowing non-lawyers to own shares in law firms would reduce costs and improve services to customers, by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ professional managers to focus on improving firms’ efficiency.

“Figuring out a way to accelerate that transition would make sense for them,” he said, “but if you discontinue it, you’re going to have your most loyal customers really upset with you.

The most loyal customers would still get the product they favor, the idea goes, and they’d feel like they were helping sustain the quality of something they believe in.

Second, customers may be willing to buy a company’s products as an indirect way to donate to the good causes it helps.

Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment -- including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line -- Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer.

Transient investors, who demand high quarterly profits from companies, can hinder a firm's efforts to invest in long-term research or to build up customer loyalty.

实用场景例句

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─I'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。

中文词源

customer 顾客

来自custom, 惯例，海关。原指海关官员，后指买者，顾客。

双语例句

1. In some stores we were undermanned and customer service was suffering.: 有些店我们人手不足，对顾客照顾不周。

2. It does not matter one whit to the customer.: 这对顾客来说一点关系都没有。

3. Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.: 几家制造商也在蚕食福特公司的传统客户群。

4. 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！”

5. The owners of the store have stepped up customer mailings.: 店主们加大了对顾客的邮寄宣传力度。

英文词源

customer (n.): late 14c., "customs official;" later "buyer" (early 15c.), from Anglo-French custumer, from Medieval Latin custumarius, from Latin consuetudinarius (see custom (n.)). More generalized meaning "a person with whom one has dealings" emerged 1540s; that of "a person to deal with" (usually wth an adjective, tough, etc.) is by 1580s. In Shakespeare, the word also can mean "prostitute."

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