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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 879 COCA: 1098

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 顧客，客戶
We aim to offer good value and service to all our customers.
我們力求爲所有的客戶提供物有所值的商品和服務。
We’ve had several letters from satisfied customers.
我們收到了幾封顧客表示滿意的來信。
customer service/care
Many of the banks offer a poor level of customer service.
這些銀行中有許多家服務質量很差。
He’s one of our regular customers.
他是我們的一個老主顧。
best/biggest/largest customer (=the person or company who uses a shop or company the most) 最好/最大的客戶
2. awkward/tricky/tough etc customer HELPsomeone who is difficult to deal with because they behave in a deliberately unhelpful way 難對付的家夥 → 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 顧客，客戶
Customers were waiting for the shop to open.
顧客在等待商店開門。
The bank is one of our biggest customers.
這家銀行是我們的最大客戶之一。
client someone who pays for a service from a professional person or company 〔專業人士或公司的〕客戶
He has a meeting with one of his clients.
他要會見一位客戶。
The company buys and sells shares on behalf of their clients
這家公司代理客戶買賣股票。
shopper someone who goes to the shops looking for things to buy 購物者
The streets were full of Christmas shoppers.
街上全是爲聖誕節購物的人。
guest someone who pays to stay in a hotel 〔酒店的〕賓客,旅客
Guests must leave their rooms by 10 am.
客人必須在上午10點之前離房。
patron /ˈpeɪtrən/ formal a customer of a particular shop, restaurant, or hotel – usually written on signs 〔某個商店、餐館或賓館的〕顧客〔通常寫在標志牌上〕
The notice said ‘Parking for Patrons Only’.
告示上寫着“顧客專用車位”。
patient someone who is getting medical treatment from a doctor, or in a hospital 病人
He is a patient of Dr Williams.
他是威廉斯醫生的病人。
consumer anyone who buys goods or uses services – used when considering these people as a group who have particular rights, needs, or behaviour 消費者
Consumers are demanding more environmentally-friendly products.
消費者需要更多環保的産品。
the rights of the consumer
消費者權利
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 市場〔指想要購買某一産品的人數或人群類型〕
The market for organic food is growing all the time.
有機食品的市場越來越大。
a magazine aimed at the youth market
針對年輕人市場的雜志
clientele /ˌkliːənˈtel $ ˌklaɪənˈtel, ˌkliː-/ formal the type of customers that a particular shop, restaurant etc gets 〔某種類型的〕顧客
The hotel has a very upmarket clientele.
這家酒店擁有非常高端的客戶。
They have a wealthy international clientele.
他們擁有一批來自世界各地的有錢客戶。
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
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 879 COCA: 1098
customer

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CUSTOMER | CUSTOMER + NOUN ADJECTIVE➤big, favoured/favored, favourite/favorite, good, important, key, large, major重要的／享受優惠的／喜歡的／良好的／重要的／關鍵的／大型的／主要的客戶◇They are one of our biggest customers.他們是我們最大的客戶之一。◇They organized an evening's entertainment for key customers.他們組織了娛樂晚會，招待關鍵客戶。➤long-standing, long-time, loyal, valued長期的客戶；忠實的客戶；尊貴的客戶▸➤regular常客▸➤current, existing, old現有的客戶；老客戶➤repeat (NAmE) 回頭客➤new新客戶▸➤potential, prospective, would-be潛在的／未來的／可能的客戶◇There are a large number of potential customers for the new product.這個新產品有一大批潛在客戶。➤paying付費客戶▸➤dissatisfied, unhappy不滿意的顧客➤angry, irate氣憤的／盛怒的顧客▸➤happy, satisfied滿意的顧客◇We like to think that we have satisfied customers.我們往往認為我們的客戶都很滿意。➤domestic國內客戶➤internal內部客戶▸➤external, outside國外／外來客戶▸➤foreign, international, overseas外國／國際／海外客戶▸➤personal, private個人／私人客戶▸➤business, commercial, corporate, industrial, retail生意／商業／公司／企業／零售客戶VERB + CUSTOMER➤have有客戶▸➤deal with, help, serve, service (NAmE) 接待客戶；為顧客服務▸➤attract, draw, entice, get, lure吸引／引來／誘惑／得到／招徠顧客◇It's a special offer to attract new customers.這是一種招徠新客戶的特別優惠。➤lose失去客戶◇We can't afford to lose any more customers.我們不能再失去客戶了。➤keep, retain留住客戶➤satisfy使客戶滿意CUSTOMER + NOUN➤care, relations, relationship, service, support客戶服務；客戶關係◇If you have a complaint, contact the customer care unit.若有意見請直接與客戶服務部聯繫。◇Part of good customer relations is knowing how to deal with complaints.懂得如何處理投訴是保持良好客戶關係的一個方面。➤account, order客戶賬戶／訂單▸➤agreement客戶協議◇The terms of the guarantee will be set out in the customer agreement.擔保條款將列入客戶協議書。➤demand客戶要求◇This cheaper model was produced in response to customer demand.這個比較便宜的型號就是根據顧客要求生產的。➤demands, needs, requirements, specifications客戶需求；客戶要求明細▸➤feedback, reaction顧客反饋／反應◇The questionnaire is to test customer reaction to the new store design.該問卷用於測試客戶對新店設計的反應。➤dissatisfaction, satisfaction顧客的不滿／滿意◇They carried out a customer satisfaction survey.他們進行了一次客戶滿意度調查。➤loyalty顧客的忠誠▸➤complaints, enquiries, questions, requests顧客的投訴／詢問／問題／要求➤hotline客戶熱線▸➤survey客戶調查▸➤data, information, profile, records客戶數據／信息／概況／記錄▸➤base, list客戶基礎／名單◇They are hoping that TV advertising will increase their customer base.他們希望電視廣告有助於擴大他們的客戶基礎。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 879 COCA: 1098
customer

noun

customer ♦︎ client ♦︎ consumer ♦︎ buyer ♦︎ purchaser ♦︎ shopper ♦︎ patron ♦︎ punter ♦︎ regular ♦︎ end-userThese are all words for a person or organization that buys sth from a shop or business. 這些詞均表示顧客、買家、客戶。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to have / deal with / get / lose a customer / client / buyer◆to attract customers / clients / consumers / buyers / shoppers / punters◆to encourage customers / clients / consumers / buyers / shoppers◆to entice / persuade customers / clients / consumers / buyers◆to tempt customers / buyers / shoppers◆customers / clients / consumers / buyers / purchasers / shoppers buy / spend sth■ customer [countable] a person or organization that buys sth from a shop or business or who uses a bank 顧客；主顧；客戶◆He comes in twice a week and is one of our best customers.他每周來兩次，是我們最好的顧客之一。◆Schools are among the biggest customers for this service.學校可說是這種服務最大的客戶群。◆I'd like to speak to someone in the customer service department, please.我想找客戶服務部的人，謝謝。  see also custom ⇨ business 2 ■ client ˈklaɪənt [countable] a person who uses the services or advice of a professional person or organization 委托人；當事人◆She's a well-known lawyer with many famous clients.她是一個知名律師，有許多著名的委托人。◆It is our job to act on behalf of the client.代表客戶行事是我們的職責。  see also clientele ⇨ market 1 ■ consumer kənˈsjuːmə(r); NAmE kənˈsuːmər [countable] a person who buys goods or uses services 消費者；顧客；用戶◆Health-conscious consumers want more information about the food they buy.注重健康的消費者想得到更多有關他們所購買的食物的信息。◆The big stores are, of course, responding to consumer demand.大商店當然會對顧客需求作出反應。◆We live in a consumer society (= one in which buying and selling is considered to be very important).我們生活在一個消費型社會。ⓘ Consumer is usually used to talk about the habits and behaviour of people who buy things in general, rather than about any person in particular. Consumer is often used like an adjective before words such as demand, boycott, boom, confidence, and spending. * consumer通常用來談論一般大衆消費的習慣和行爲，不指具體的某個人。consumer常像形容詞一樣置於demand、boycott、boom、confidence和spending等詞前。■ buyer [countable] a person who buys sth, especially sth expensive （尤指昂貴商品的）買主，買方◆Have you found a buyer for your house?你的房子找到買主了嗎？ⓘ Buyer is most often used to talk about a person buying a house or car, or a large amount of goods for a company. * buyer主要用於指買房、買車，或爲某家公司購買大量商品的人。   see also buy ⇨ buy ■ purchaser ˈpɜːtʃəsə(r); NAmE ˈpɜːrtʃəsər [countable] (formal, especially written) a person who buys sth, especially sth expensive （尤指昂貴商品的）買主，買方◆The purchaser reserves the right to change his or her mind.買方保留改變意願、退出交易的權利。ⓘ Purchaser is most often used in formal written English to talk about a person buying a house or car, a business or shares in a business. * purchaser主要用在正式書面語中，指購買房産、汽車、公司或公司股票的人。   see also purchase ⇨ buy ■ shopper [countable] a person who buys goods from a shop 購物者；（商店的）顧客◆Crowds of shoppers had to be evacuated from the store after the bomb threat.收到炸彈威脅後，一群群顧客被迫從商店疏散。◆Competition between stores can result in big savings for shoppers.商店間的競爭可以使購物者省很多錢。ⓘ Shopper is most often used in the plural, after words relating to large numbers such as hundreds/thousands/crowds of or words relating to times when large numbers of people buy things in shops. * shopper常用複數形式，用在表示較大數量的詞後，如hundreds/thousands/crowds of，或表示購物高峰期的詞後◆Christmas / Saturday-morning shoppers聖誕節／周六早晨的購物者   see also shop ⇨ buy ■ patron ˈpeɪtrən [countable] (formal) a person who uses a particular shop, restaurant, theatre, etc. （商店、餐館、劇院等的）老主顧，常客，顧客◆Patrons are requested not to smoke.請顧客不要吸煙。■ punter [countable] (BrE, informal) a person who buys or uses a particular product or service （産品或服務的）顧客，主顧，客戶◆It's important to keep the punters happy.重要的是讓客戶滿意。◆Your average punter won't notice the difference.普通顧客不會注意到那個差别。■ regular [countable] a customer who often goes to a particular shop, bar, restaurant, etc. （商店、酒吧、餐館等的）常客，老主顧◆He's one of our regulars.他是我們的一位老主顧。■ ˌend-ˈuser [countable] a person who actually uses a product rather than one who makes or sells it, especially a person who uses a product connected with computers （尤指計算機産品的）最終用戶，直接用戶，終端用戶◆Programs are tailored to meet the needs of end-users.這些程序是爲滿足最終用戶的需求量身訂做的。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 879 COCA: 1098
customer
Shoppers and customers: adopter, browser, buyer...
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