punters

英 [ˈpʌntəz]

美 [ˈpʌntərz]

n.  顾客; 主顾; 客户; 赌马的人
punter的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 赌博者；（尤指）赌马者
  Apunteris a person who bets money, especially on horse races.
  1. Punters are expected to gamble £70m on the Grand National.
     预计众多赌马者会在国家大马赛上下注7,000万英镑。
• N-COUNT 顾客；客人
  People sometimes refer to their customers or clients aspunters.
  1. Should anyone attack the stripper, the punters know that it is likely to be the end of the show.
     如果有人侵犯脱衣舞表演者，客人们就知道表演可能要结束了。
• 弃踢手；踢悬空球的人
  In American football, apunteris someone who kicks the ball by punting it.

双语例句

• But the punters do know that prices are going through the roof, and it's getting harder and harder to buy into the housing market.
  然而有一点是确定无疑的：房价已经涨得非常离谱了，要进入房市也越来越难了。
• In reality, though, easier money means more leverage for punters, which means higher prices only as long as the froth lasts.
  但在现实中，资金宽松意味着投机者会加大杠杆，这意味着只要泡沫持续下去，股价就肯定会上涨。
• Some of these attractions remain undimmed. But they are no longer enough to bring in the punters.
  这些卖点部分仍保留下来，但已不再足以招徕顾客。
• Betfair allows punters to bet on football games, and the market stays open throughout the match.
  必发允许下注者对足球比赛下注，市场在比赛期间一直开放。
• But then again, people have been writing book reviews on Amazon for years for nothing – and punters can always say no. With perhaps a few lucky exceptions, the crowdsourcing model is unlikely to provide many crowd members with full-time employment.
  但再想想，多年来，人们一直免费为亚马逊撰写书评而顾问还总是拥有否决权。除了一些幸运的例外情况，众包模式不太可能为很多参与者提供全职工作。
• H-share offerings this year in Hong Kong are down an average of 12 per cent, a far cry from the heady days of 2006 and 2007 when punters expected to double their money on first-day dealings.
  今年香港H股的发行规模平均下降了12%，这与2006年和2007年的鼎盛时期相去甚远，当时的客户都指望能在首日交易中赚到一倍的利润。
• But while punters are returning to the tables as the economy recovers, they are still betting less than before.
  但尽管随着经济复苏，赌客们已开始重返赌台，他们玩得还是比以前小了。
• Some stock market analysts say this kind of talk creates a self-perpetuating cycle where punters bet on what the government will do next, rather than on fundamentals.
  一些股市分析师表示，这种言论构成一个自我实现的循环，股民依靠揣摩政府的下一步动向来进行决策，而非考虑基本面。
• Three Punters 'Club members insist they have nothing to hide.
  俱乐部的三名成员则坚称他们没什么可遮掩的。
• When Stephen Hester, head of Royal Bank of Scotland, was photographed on a recent Sunday leaving the Treasury in jeans and an extraordinary beige gilet with suede patches on the shoulders, the punters did not like it.
  最近的一个周日，苏格兰皇家银行（RBS）的一把手斯蒂芬•赫斯特（StephenHester）被拍到离开财政部时身穿牛仔裤和一件怪里怪气的米色背心，肩膀上还打着绒面革补丁。