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

• Clients came in dribs and drabs.
  顾客三三两两地来了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Lynda now sees many of her clients downshifting in search of a new way of living.
  琳达现在发现她的很多客户都在调换工作减轻压力，寻求一种新的生活方式。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Well-dressed clients were talking in polite undertones as they ate.
  衣着光鲜的顾客们边吃边斯文地低声聊着天。
• 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。