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customer

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cus·tom·er /ˈkʌstəmə $ -ər/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC]  
1  BBTBUYsomeone who buys goods or services from a shop, company etc 顾客，客户
 We aim to offer good value and service to all our customers.
我们力求为所有的客户提供物有所值的商品和服务。
 We’ve had several letters from satisfied customers.
我们收到了几封顾客表示满意的来信。
customer service/care
 Many of the banks offer a poor level of customer service.
这些银行中有许多家服务质量很差。
 He’s one of our regular customers.
他是我们的一个老主顾。
best/biggest/largest customer (=the person or company who uses a shop or company the most) 最好/最大的客户
2. awkward/tricky/tough etc customer HELPsomeone who is difficult to deal with because they behave in a deliberately unhelpful way 难对付的家伙 → cool customer at cool1(3)
Examples from the Corpus
awkward/tricky/tough etc customer• He looks a tough customer to deal with.• A tough customer, a man to be reckoned with.• But the tough treatment was only for tough customers.• He's overcome some genuinely tough customers, but Gimenez was abject.• But he'd take on some one like Glenda Grower, who's a much tougher customer.• The next, you're making speeches to the wind. Tricky customers, ordinary people.
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + customer
a regular customer
My business quickly built up a base of regular customers.
a good customer (=who buys a lot from you, or uses your service a lot)
Good products attract good customers.
a major/big/large customer (=who is important and buys a lot)
America is a big customer for Japanese goods.
a loyal customer (=who has been a customer for a long time)
Some of our loyal customers have been coming here since the store opened.
a satisfied customer (=who is pleased with your goods or service)
Satisfied customers will return again and again.
a potential/prospective customer (=who might become a customer in the future)
It’s very important to establish contact with potential customers.
a business customer (=customers that are businesses)
the bank’s major business customers
existing customers (=that you already have)
We want to improve our service for both new and existing customers.
verbs
deal with a customer (=do business with or talk to a customer)
He has a lot of experience in dealing with customers.
serve a customer
Every day the shop serves around 800 customers.
attract customers (=get more customers)
The Internet is a great way to attract new customers.
keep/retain customers
Keeping prices low helps to retain customers.
lose a customer
The company has lost some big customers in the last two years.
customer + NOUN
customer service/care (=serving and looking after customers)
Our aim is always to raise the level of customer service.
customer relations
Staff are given training in customer relations.
customer satisfaction (=how pleased customers are)
The firm carried out a survey of customer satisfaction.
customer demand (=the amount of something customers want to buy or use)
It’s important to respond quickly to changing customer demand.
customer complaints
My job is to handle customer complaints and enquiries.
 THESAURUS
customer someone who buys goods or services from a shop or company 顾客，客户
Customers were waiting for the shop to open.
顾客在等待商店开门。
The bank is one of our biggest customers.
这家银行是我们的最大客户之一。
client someone who pays for a service from a professional person or company 〔专业人士或公司的〕客户
He has a meeting with one of his clients.
他要会见一位客户。
The company buys and sells shares on behalf of their clients
这家公司代理客户买卖股票。
shopper someone who goes to the shops looking for things to buy 购物者
The streets were full of Christmas shoppers.
街上全是为圣诞节购物的人。
guest someone who pays to stay in a hotel 〔酒店的〕宾客,旅客
Guests must leave their rooms by 10 am.
客人必须在上午10点之前离房。
patron /ˈpeɪtrən/ formal a customer of a particular shop, restaurant, or hotel – usually written on signs 〔某个商店、餐馆或宾馆的〕顾客〔通常写在标志牌上〕
The notice said ‘Parking for Patrons Only’.
告示上写着“顾客专用车位”。
patient someone who is getting medical treatment from a doctor, or in a hospital 病人
He is a patient of Dr Williams.
他是威廉斯医生的病人。
consumer anyone who buys goods or uses services – used when considering these people as a group who have particular rights, needs, or behaviour 消费者
Consumers are demanding more environmentally-friendly products.
消费者需要更多环保的产品。
the rights of the consumer
消费者权利
nThe law is designed to protect consumers who buy goods on the Internet.
market the number of people who want to buy a product, or the type of people who want to buy it 市场〔指想要购买某一产品的人数或人群类型〕
The market for organic food is growing all the time.
有机食品的市场越来越大。
a magazine aimed at the youth market
针对年轻人市场的杂志
clientele /ˌkliːənˈtel $ ˌklaɪənˈtel, ˌkliː-/ formal the type of customers that a particular shop, restaurant etc gets 〔某种类型的〕顾客
The hotel has a very upmarket clientele.
这家酒店拥有非常高端的客户。
They have a wealthy international clientele.
他们拥有一批来自世界各地的有钱客户。
Examples from the Corpus
customer• But in the long run, observers see the potential for new products and concerns about customer service.• All are given clear-cut linkage to their internal customer.• British Airways was Boeing's largest customer for jet airplanes.• The barman was serving the last customer of the evening.• We don't get many customers on Mondays - Saturday is our busiest day.• Ford has launched a big sales campaign in an effort to bring in new customers.• The Defense Department is one of Lockheed's biggest regular customers.• It was a well-kept secret that the old system was biased in favor of residential customers.• Just when she had been on the brink of despair, one of her rich customers had given her a handsome order.• Second, customers decide their preferences with a large pinch of subjectivity.• After monitoring the performance of the engine on the rig, it is prepared for despatch to the customer.• Their typical customer earns more than $70,000.• But don't starve your customers in the process - there's no profit in that either.
customer service/care• His inclination is to shy away from grandiose strategies and concentrate on return on capital and customer service.• Issues such as product knowledge, lead generation and customer service are tackled.• The effort put into marketing and customer service far exceeds the effort in production and in research.• In many parts of the world, we have developed innovative policies on quality and customer service.• But there is wide variation among Internet providers in cost, features, software, reliability and customer service.• They understood statistical process control, total quality customer service, reengineering, and the economics and finance of film manufacturing.• On top of that, cable companies have developed a reputation over the years for less-than-stellar customer service.• Hall has said Kmart will focus on improving the look of its stores, customer service and the efficiency of its operations.
From Longman Business Dictionary
customercus·tom·er /ˈkʌstəmə-ər/ noun [countableC]
a person or organization that buys goods or services from a shop or company
We try to keep regular customers happy.
the customer complaints department
→ target customer → ultimate customer
Origin customer
(1400-1500) custom; from the custom of doing business in a particular place
cus·tom·er noun →n COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1
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