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单词 consumer
释义
consumer
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈsjuː.mər/us
/kənˈsuː.mɚ/
B2
apersonwhobuysgoodsorservicesfortheirown use:
消费者；顾客；用户
The newrateswillaffectall consumers,includingbusinesses.新的费率会影响到所有用户，包括工商企业。
consumerrights/advice消费者权益／意见
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a person who buys something
  • shopperHoliday shoppers mobbed the sale.
  • customerShops were lowering prices to attract more customers.
  • punterUKThe shop's running a raffle to pull in the punters.
  • patronShe's been a regular patron of the pub for years.
  • consumerConsumers did not spend as much last quarter as analysts predicted.
  • buyerWe haven't found a buyer for the house yet.
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More examples
  • Agriculturalcompanieshavefailedtoconvinceconsumers that GMfoodsaresafe.
  • Apollwasconductedtogaugeconsumers'attitudes.
  • What theproblemcomes down to is 'Will the consumer bewillingtopaymore for ahigherqualityproduct?'
  • Low consumerdemandhasforcedus tomarkdown awiderangeofgoods, sometimes by as much as 30%.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People who buy things
  • anti-consumer
  • bidder
  • buyer
  • couponer
  • custom
  • foot traffic
  • importer
  • late adopter
  • multi-client
  • mystery shopper
  • prosumer
  • punter
  • purchaser
  • rag-and-bone man
  • ragman
  • scrap dealer
  • speculator
  • tradesman
  • tradespeople
  • wholesaler
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(Definition ofconsumerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

consumer| American Dictionary

consumer
noun[C]
us
/kənˈsu·mər/
social studies
someone whobuysgoodsorservicesforpersonaluse:
consumergoods/spending
American consumers arebecominginformedabout thesafetyofproductsmade forchildren.
(Definition ofconsumerfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

consumer| Business English

consumer
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈsjuːmər/us
COMMERCE
apersonwhobuysgoodsorservicesfortheirown use:
The newtelephonerateswillaffectall consumers.
the consumerTheextracostsofproductionwill bepassedon to the consumer.
average/individual, etc. consumerThesechangeswill notaffecttheaverageconsumer.
consumer rights/needs/preferencesThisarticleexamineseasywaysofresearchingconsumerpreferenceswithregardtovariousproducttypes.
aperson,organization,country, etc., that uses something,especiallyfuel,energy, etc.:
large/great, etc. consumer of sthTheUnitedStatesiscurrentlythe world'slargestconsumer ofenergy.
TheFrenchrankamong the world's mostdiscriminatingconsumers ofchocolate.
household/industrial consumersanenergy-efficientprogramfor low-incomehouseholdconsumers
See also
direct-to-consumer
end consumer
(Definition ofconsumerfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconsumer

consumer
Have consumers pay the difference for costlier plans, if they think they provide better value.
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However, price and negative attitudes were the main deterrents for non-organic consumers.
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Suddenly, organic farming was seen by both growers and retailers as a lucrative market, with consumers willing to pay a premium.
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He cast his readers not as colleagues in an emerging philosophical community, but as remote, credit-giving consumers.
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This new policy contrasts clearly with the party's old policy, which rarely reflected the interests of consumers.
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Political economists and political scientists have offered a plethora of explanations for why competition in laxity remains rare in environmental andconsumerpolicy.
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Of course adaptation to consumers' preferences took on a specific form.
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Figure 5(d) shows the interesting case where tabled nodes exist between aconsumerand its generator.
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This is a firm-based view that suggests the locus of control over purchasing patterns rests with the firm and not theconsumer.
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Even though launches were ultimately rather ephemeral purchases, consumers quickly turned to this new technology as a method of infiltrating the practice of science.
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In a deeply genderedconsumermarket, the use of cosmetics was unambiguously coded as womanlike.
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The consumer's risk is still at 5% but the producer's risk is 10%.
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The producer's and consumer's risks for testing plan 3 are equivalent to those of the second testing plan (10% and 5%, respectively).
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This testing plan has a very reasonable consumer's risk of 1%; however, the producer's risk is 61%.
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A cultural study of market society - a nonreductionist study - would see people as both producers and consumers, born of labor and desire.
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Collocationswithconsumer

consumer

These are words often used in combination withconsumer.

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average consumer
Also, negotiating may be too complicated or frustrating for theaverageconsumer.
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consumer acceptance
Up to the present time, the exact opposite has been achieved, namely minimalconsumeracceptanceor even consumer resistance.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
consumer advocacy
This paper presents the results of a postal survey of 47 active nursing-homeconsumeradvocacygroups.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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