a person who buys goods or services for their own use 消费者◆Interest rate cuts have persuaded consumers to spend more. 利率下调已促使消费者多花钱。◆Videophones are still too expensive for the average consumer. 视频电话对一般的消费者来讲仍然太贵。◆Consumer spending will be up 2.4% this year. 消费支出今年将上升 2.4%。◆The new service has been slow to take off (= become popular) among consumers. 新服务在消费者中还迟迟没有流行起来。◆Low interest rates were responsible for the consumer boom(= period when people spend a lot). 低利率引致消费热潮。➡end-user ➡ see note at customer ⨁average / individual / rural / urban consumers 平均／个人／郊区／城市消费者⨁domestic / foreign / online consumers 国内／国外／网上消费者⨁consumer attitudes / choice / habits / needs / tastes 消费者的态度／选择／习惯／需求／口味⨁consumer activity / expenditure / spending / trends 消费者的活动／支出／开支／趋势
a person, a group, a country, etc. that uses sth such as fuel or energy （燃料、能源等的）用户◆He said that America was the world's largest consumer of natural resources per head of population. 他说按人均计算，美国是世界上最大的自然资源用户。◆Mexicans are believed to be the biggest consumers of soft drinks. 人们相信墨西哥人是最大的软饮料用户。⨁a big / great / large consumer (of sth) （某东西的）大／很大／大型用户⨁commercial / industrial consumers (of sth) （某东西的）商业／工业用户⨁electricity / energy consumers 电力／能源用户