customer

• n. 顧客；家夥

來自custom, 慣例，海關。原指海關官員，後指買者，顧客。

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.

有些店我們人手不足，對顧客照顧不周。

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2. It does not matter one whit to the customer.

這對顧客來說一點關係都沒有。

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3. Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.

幾家製造商也在蠶食福特公司的傳統客戶群。

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4. As one former customer said cynically, "He's probably pocketed the difference!"

正如一位憤世嫉俗的舊主顧所說的那樣，“他很可能把差額塞進了自己的腰包！”

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5. The owners of the store have stepped up customer mailings.

店主們加大了對顧客的郵寄宣傳力度。

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