| 单词 | consumer |
| 释义 | consumer consumer /; AmE / noun [C]
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER, END CONSUMER, ULTIMATE CONSUMER
1 a person who buys goods or services for their own use: Interest rate cuts have persuaded consumers to spend more. Videophones are still too expensive for the average consumer. Consumer spending will be up 2.4% this year. The new service has been slow to take off (= become popular) among consumers. Low interest rates were responsible for the consumer boom (= period when people spend a lot). Advertising is often aimed at those who influence consumer habits. ⇨ END-USER See note at CUSTOMER
❖ average/individual/rural/urban consumers ◆ domestic/foreign/online consumers ◆ consumer attitudes/choice/habits/needs/tastes consumer activity/expenditure/spending/trends
2 a person, a group, a country, etc. that uses sth such as fuel or energy: He said that America was the world's largest consumer of natural resources per head of population. Mexicans are believed to be the biggest consumers of soft drinks.
a big/great/large consumer (of sth) ◆ commercial/industrial consumers (of sth) ◆ electricity/energy consumers |
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