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

• 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。
• 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。
• Clients are entertained within private dining rooms
  在私人餐室内款待客户。
• They are notorious for resorting to trickery in order to impress their clients.
  他们为了打动客户不惜坑蒙拐骗，因而声名狼藉。
• The firm has more clients than it can take care of.
  这家商行的主顾多得应接不暇。
• Architects tell their clients that floors can span 100 metres without any visible means of support.
  建筑师告诉他们的客户，在没有任何有形支撑物的情况下，楼板可以延伸100米。
• Increasingly, corporate clients are seeking to outsource the management of their facilities.
  越来越多的公司客户寻求将设施的管理外包出去。
• We offer only the best to our clients
  我们只把最好的服务提供给客户。
• Clients came in dribs and drabs.
  顾客三三两两地来了。
• 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。