customer
英 ['k?st?m?]
美['k?st?m?]
- n. 顧客；家伙
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?customers;
中文詞源
customer 顧客
來自custom, 慣例，海關(guān)。原指海關(guān)官員，后指買者，顧客。
英文詞源
- customer (n.)
- late 14c., "customs official;" later "buyer" (early 15c.), from Anglo-French custumer, from Medieval Latin custumarius, from Latin consuetudinarius (see custom (n.)). More generalized meaning "a person with whom one has dealings" emerged 1540s; that of "a person to deal with" (usually wth an adjective, tough, etc.) is by 1580s. In Shakespeare, the word also can mean "prostitute."
雙語例句
- 1. In some stores we were undermanned and customer service was suffering.
- 有些店我們?nèi)耸植蛔?，?duì)顧客照顧不周。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It does not matter one whit to the customer.
- 這對(duì)顧客來說一點(diǎn)關(guān)系都沒有。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.
- 幾家制造商也在蠶食福特公司的傳統(tǒng)客戶群。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. As one former customer said cynically, "He's probably pocketed the difference!"
- 正如一位憤世嫉俗的舊主顧所說的那樣，“他很可能把差額塞進(jìn)了自己的腰包！”
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The owners of the store have stepped up customer mailings.
- 店主們加大了對(duì)顧客的郵寄宣傳力度。
來自柯林斯例句