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 firm has more clients than it can take care of.
  这家商行的主顾多得应接不暇。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 have been barred from primary bidding for clients.
  他们被禁止对客户进行最初的投标。
• 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。
• 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。
• Lawyers are accused of failing in their duties to advise clients of their rights
  律师们被控未尽到告知当事人其正当权利的职责。
• 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。
• 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。