consumer
noun /kənˈsjuːmə(r)/
/kənˈsuːmər/
- a person who buys goods or uses services
消费者；顾客；用户 - consumer spending/demand
消费者支出/需求 - links between producers and consumers
生产者和消费者之间的联系 - 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 - a consumer watchdog (= somebody whose job is to protect consumers' rights)
消费者监察人 - The consumer (= consumers as a group) is well served by competition.
竞争对消费者有利。 - This tool may be considered too expensive for the average consumer.
对于普通消费者来说，这种工具可能被认为过于昂贵。 - consumer of something consumers of news/electricity/healthcare
新闻/电力/医疗保健的消费者 - providers and consumers of public services
公共服务的提供者和消费者 - We need to educate consumers about this technology.
我们需要让消费者了解这项技术。
Topics Businessb1- Consumer watchdogs have accused banks of ‘appalling arrogance’ in the way they treat customers.
消费者监督机构指责银行对待消费者的态度“过分傲慢”。 - Economists forecast that falling consumer confidence will cut into household purchases.
经济学家预测，消费者信心的下降会拉低房屋购买量。 - Government policy encouraged a consumer boom followed by a deep recession.
政府的政策刺激起消费热，但接着就是严重的衰退。 - Green consumers should be wary of manufacturers' claims that their products are environmentally friendly.
绿色消费者应当慎重看待制造商所宣称的环保产品。 - Mass culture turns audiences into passive consumers, their participation limited to the choice between buying and not buying.
大众文化使受众都变成了被动的消费者，他们的参与仅限于选择购买与不购买。 - The UK is the biggest consumer of tropical hardwoods after Japan.
英国仅次于日本，是热带硬木的第二大使用国。 - The country could face a consumer boycott of its beef exports.
该国可能面对消费者对其出口牛肉的抵制。 - They exploit consumers by charging high prices.
他们通过高要价来剥削消费者。 - We are living in a consumer society.
我们生活在一个消费社会里。 - We are the biggest consumers of tropical hardwoods after Japan.
我们是仅次于日本的第二大热带硬木消费国。 - We supply domestic consumers
我们供应国内消费者。 - What can be done to protect the ordinary consumer from unscrupulous operators?
采取什么措施才能保护普通消费者不受无良商家的伤害呢？ - two years of research among consumers
在消费者中进行的两年调查 - The big stores are, of course, responding to consumer demand.
大商店当然会对顾客需求作出反应。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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- offer
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- buy something
- pay something
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- applications
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- among consumers
- consumer spending/demand