clients

英 [ˈklaɪənts]

美 [ˈklaɪənts]

n.  委托人; 当事人; (连接在服务器上的)客户机
client的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 客户;顾客；委托人
  Aclientof a professional person or organization is a person or company that receives a service from them in return for payment.
  1. ...a solicitor and his client...
     律师和他的委托人
  2. The company required clients to pay substantial fees in advance.
     公司要求客户预付一大笔费用。

If you use the professional services of someone such as a lawyer or an accountant, you are one of theirclients. When you buy goods from a particular shop or company, you are one of itscustomers. Doctors and hospitals havepatients, while hotels haveguests. People who travel on public transport are referred to aspassengers.
接受律师、会计师等的专业服务的人就是他们的client(委托人);从某个商店或公司购买商品的人就是他们的customer(顾客)。医生、医院接待patients(病人)，旅馆接待guests(客人)。乘公共交通工具的人叫做passengers(乘客)。

双语例句

• Lynda now sees many of her clients downshifting in search of a new way of living.
  琳达现在发现她的很多客户都在调换工作减轻压力，寻求一种新的生活方式。
• She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients
  她希望能让客户们接受这个想法。
• The company required clients to pay substantial fees in advance.
  公司要求客户预付一大笔费用。
• We offer only the best to our clients
  我们只把最好的服务提供给客户。
• Cars are stolen to order for clients.
  偷什么样的车买主说了算。
• He also got a commission for bringing in new clients.
  他还因为带来了很多新客户拿到一笔佣金。
• Many of his clients are unbelievably nervous, usually because of a bad experience in the past.
  他的很多客户神经异常紧张，通常是因为过去有过糟糕的经历。
• She rebuked her lawyer for his authoritarian attitude to his clients.
  她指责她的律师对待委托人的命令式态度。
• Well-dressed clients were talking in polite undertones as they ate.
  衣着光鲜的顾客们边吃边斯文地低声聊着天。
• They have been barred from primary bidding for clients.
  他们被禁止对客户进行最初的投标。