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

• She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients
  她希望能让客户们接受这个想法。
• 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。
• Cars are stolen to order for clients.
  偷什么样的车买主说了算。
• Never fool around with the clients 'wives
  永远不要和客户的妻子乱搞。
• Clients are not charged by the minute but given unmetered access to the Internet for a fixed fee.
  客户使用因特网不是按分钟计费的，而是交固定的费用后便可以随意使用。
• 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。
• 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。
• Architects tell their clients that floors can span 100 metres without any visible means of support.
  建筑师告诉他们的客户，在没有任何有形支撑物的情况下，楼板可以延伸100米。
• They inflated clients 'medical treatment to defraud insurance companies
  他们夸大客户伤势的严重性和治疗情形以欺骗保险公司。
• Increasingly, corporate clients are seeking to outsource the management of their facilities.
  越来越多的公司客户寻求将设施的管理外包出去。