customer
单词辨析：
指接受专业人士、公司、组织等提供的服务或建议的人。
The client was too poor to pay his lawyer.
委托人太穷了，付不起律师的诉讼费用。
It will enable us to serve our clients even better in the future.
这将使我们以后能更好地服务客户。
The company required the clients to pay a large sum in advance.
公司要求客户提前支付一大笔费用。
指花钱购买商品和服务的人。
Consumers need the best products and the best services.
客户需要最好的产品和服务。
Nowadays, many consumers prefer to shop on the Internet.
如今，许多消费者更愿意在网上购物。
The price increases were passed on by the company to the consumers.
公司把上涨的价格都转嫁到了消费者身上。
普通用词，含义较笼统，多指从某一商场或公司购买东西的人或机构。
Several customers came in and bought the same jackets.
几名顾客走进来买了同样的夹克衫。
The new shop across the street has taken away some of my customers.
街对面新开张的商店挖走了我的一些顾客。
She was a regular customer at the fish market.
她是鱼市上的老主顾。
That school is one of our biggest customers.
那所学校是我们最大的客户之一。
指商品、服务等的使用者，通常为人、企业等。
The new users are satisfied with our products.
这些新用户对我们的产品很满意。
The factory is a big user of electricity in this area.
这家工厂是该地区的一个用电大户。
相关例句：
It does not matter one whit to the customer.
这对顾客来说一点关系都没有。
He refused to bow and scrape to every customer.
他不愿奉承每个顾客。
The firm has an excellent customer service department.
该公司有一个非常出色的客户服务部。
A customer took a perfectly serviceable washing machine in for repair, only to be told it needed replacing.
一位顾客带着一台性能尚好的洗衣机来修，不料竟被告知该换洗衣机了。
He is a slippery customer, and should be carefully watched.
他是一个狡猾的顾客，要小心提防。
Trade discounts may be used as a competitive stratagem to secure customer loyalty.
商业折扣可以用作维护顾客忠诚度的一种竞争手段。