customer
英 ['kʌstəmə]
美 ['kʌstəmɚ]
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customer 顾客来自custom, 惯例，海关。原指海关官员，后指买者，顾客。
- 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."
- 1. In some stores we were undermanned and customer service was suffering.
- 有些店我们人手不足，对顾客照顾不周。
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- 2. It does not matter one whit to the customer.
- 这对顾客来说一点关系都没有。
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- 3. Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.
- 几家制造商也在蚕食福特公司的传统客户群。
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- 4. As one former customer said cynically, "He's probably pocketed the difference!"
- 正如一位愤世嫉俗的旧主顾所说的那样，“他很可能把差额塞进了自己的腰包！”
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- 5. The owners of the store have stepped up customer mailings.
- 店主们加大了对顾客的邮寄宣传力度。
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