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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb1Consumer 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。
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