首页customercustomer的意思

customer

英 ['kʌstəmə]美['kʌstəmɚ]
  • n. 顾客;家伙

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词态变化


复数: customers;

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。

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."

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。

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

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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。

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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!”

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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。

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