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

• A lot of money went on wining and dining prospective clients.
  很多钱都花在宴请潜在客户上了。
• 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。
• Bridge stole the money from clients 'accounts
  布里奇从客户的账户里偷了钱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Clients came in dribs and drabs.
  顾客三三两两地来了。
• I've known clients of mine go to absurd lengths, just to avoid paying me a few pounds
  我知道我的一些客户就为了少付我几英镑，可谓无所不用其极。