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

• The company required clients to pay substantial fees in advance.
  公司要求客户预付一大笔费用。
• 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。
• Motel owners and restaurant managers copped it for neglecting their clients.
  汽车旅馆老板和饭店经理因为冷落顾客而受到责骂。
• There is no suggestion that clients have been sold inappropriate policies.
  无迹象表明向客户售出了不适用的保险。
• 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。
• They have been barred from primary bidding for clients.
  他们被禁止对客户进行最初的投标。
• They are notorious for resorting to trickery in order to impress their clients.
  他们为了打动客户不惜坑蒙拐骗，因而声名狼藉。
• Solicitors advised their clients that a tidy look went down well with the magistrates.
  律师告诫当事人穿戴整洁会赢得地方法官的好感。
• By extending the courtesy of a phone call to my clients, I was building a personal relationship with them
  通过礼貌性地给客户打电话，我开始和他们建立起私交。
• They prefer to bargain with individual clients, for cash
  在现款方面，他们更愿意同散户打交道。