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

• 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。
• Some insurers have wised up to the fact that their clients were getting very cheap insurance
  一些保险公司已经意识到其客户所得到的保险金非常少。
• 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。
• Many of his clients are unbelievably nervous, usually because of a bad experience in the past.
  他的很多客户神经异常紧张，通常是因为过去有过糟糕的经历。
• Cars are stolen to order for clients.
  偷什么样的车买主说了算。
• Clients are entertained within private dining rooms
  在私人餐室内款待客户。
• 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。
• 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。
• The firm has more clients than it can take care of.
  这家商行的主顾多得应接不暇。
• 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。