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

• British tour companies are nudging clients to travel further afield.
  英国旅游公司正鼓动客户到更远的地方去旅游。
• The company required clients to pay substantial fees in advance.
  公司要求客户预付一大笔费用。
• 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。
• She rebuked her lawyer for his authoritarian attitude to his clients.
  她指责她的律师对待委托人的命令式态度。
• She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients
  她希望能让客户们接受这个想法。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Clients are entertained within private dining rooms
  在私人餐室内款待客户。
• Cars are stolen to order for clients.
  偷什么样的车买主说了算。