consumer

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英[kənˈsjuːmə(r)]
美[kənˈsuːmər]

基本释义

n.
消费者; 顾客,客户

词性变化

实用例句

Tax cuts will boost consumer confidence after the recession.

减税将增强消费者在经济衰退后的信心。

牛津词典

a consumer society (= one where buying and selling is considered to be very important)

消费社会

牛津词典

consumer demand/choice/rights

消费者的需求 / 选择 / 权利

牛津词典

Health-conscious consumers want more information about the food they buy.

注重身体健康的消费者想得到更多有关他们所购买的食物的信息。

牛津词典

...claims that tobacco companies failed to warn consumers about the dangers of smoking.

声称烟草公司未能警示消费者吸烟的危害

...improving public services and consumer rights.

改善公共事业,增进消费者权益

How many boys and girls are there in your class?

你班有多少男生和女生?

期刊摘选

In a consumer taste test, Coke went up against Pepsi.

在一次消费者品尝测验中, 可口可乐与百事可乐交锋了.

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The government instituted a consumer protection agency.

政府设立了一个消费者保护机构.

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Consumer spending grew unchecked.

群众消费不受抑制地增长.

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The UK is the biggest consumer of tropical hardwoods after Japan.

英国仅次于日本,是热带硬木的第二大使用国.

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Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.

保障消费者利益已在法令里作了规定.

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The plan has attracted criticism from consumer groups.

这项计划引起了各消费者组织的指责。

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the limitless variety of consumer products

种类繁多的消费产品

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Firms have to be responsive to consumer demand.

公司必须对顾客的需求作出积极反应。

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Once wholesale prices are deregulated, consumer prices will also rise.

一旦批发价格放开,零售价格也会随之上涨。

柯林斯例句

Such laws could protect the consumer from harmful or dangerous remedies.

这样的法规可以保护消费者免受有害或者危险药品的威胁。

柯林斯例句

The government had been projecting a 5% consumer price increase for the entire year.

政府预测全年消费价格将增长5%。

柯林斯例句

This is likely to revive consumer spending and a whole raft of consumer industries.

这可能会带动消费性支出和一大批消费工业的复苏。

柯林斯例句

Consumer advocacy groups are not so enthusiastic about removing restrictions on the telephone companies.

保护消费者团体并不热衷于取消对电话公司的限制。

柯林斯例句

Consumer durables such as refrigerators, television sets, bicycles and so on were produced in large quantities.

冰箱、电视、自行车等耐用消费品被大批量地生产出来。

柯林斯例句

Consumer spending was the driving force behind the economic growth in the summer.

顾客消费是夏季经济增长的强大推动力。

柯林斯例句

The Treasury has long been predicting an upturn in consumer spending.

财政部早就预测消费者支出会出现上扬。

柯林斯例句

In Britain the Consumer Protection Act makes it a criminal offence to sell goods that are unsafe.

英国的《消费者保护法》规定销售不安全物品属刑事犯罪行为。

柯林斯例句

Some economists disputed whether consumer spending is as strong as the figures suggest.

一些经济学家怀疑消费性开支是否如数据所显示的那么大。

柯林斯例句

The reduced consumer demand is also affecting company profits.

消费需求的降低也影响到了公司的利润。

柯林斯例句

The consumer is getting screwed by cover charges as well.

这名消费者也被诈取了服务费。

柯林斯例句

There was further evidence of grey consumer power last week, when Ford revealed a car designed with elderly people in mind.

福特汽车公司为老年人设计的一款汽车于上周亮相,这进一步体现了老年消费者的购买力。

柯林斯例句

The current political turbulence represents the ideal breeding ground for this sort of collapse in consumer confidence.

目前政治环境的动荡是消费者丧失信心的根本原因。

柯林斯例句

真题例句

While consumers are spending less on toilet paper, they remain fussy – in theory at least – when it comes to paper quality.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators of toilet paper quality, with just a small proportion of consumers preferring more luxurious alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume,said Mintel analyst Jack Duckett.

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Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.

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Consumers are loyal to certain brands.

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As incomes rise among low-income consumers, the potential for further grain consumption is huge.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

As a matter of fact, consumers expressed higher satisfaction with the one-star facilities, the lowest rated, than with the five-star ones.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The effect of falling oil prices on consumer spending.

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Many oil producers built up huge reserve funds when prices were high, so when prices fall they will draw on their reserves to support government spending and subsidies for their consumers.

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Manufacturers can produce consumer goods at a much lower cost.

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Investing in research to find ways to adapt to consumers' needs.

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Consumers, in the U.S. at least, are acting cautiously with the savings they're getting at the gas pump, as the memory of the recent great recession is still fresh in their mind.

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Consumers will spend their savings from cheap oil on other commodities.

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Consumers have more money in their pockets when they're paying less at the pump.

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By contrast, a Danish tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, amid claims that consumers were avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattier fare.

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But doesn't the extra money in the pockets of those countries' consumers mean an equal loss in oil-producing countries, cancelling out the gains? Not necessarily, says economic researcher Sara Johnson.

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And a number of oil-producing countries are trimming their gasoline subsidies and raising taxes, so the net savings for global consumers is not as big as the oil price plunge might suggest.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Today’s consumers want beautiful handcrafted objects to wear and to have for their home environment.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

They often involve consumers in trying the craft themselves.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

State arts councils help sponsor local arts and crafts festivals which draw crowds of tourist consumers.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

Craftsmen have helped educate consumers to make wise choices.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

The name Healthy Choice was chosen for the positive implication it held for consumers.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

The Healthy Choice product line was carefully tested with consumers before being introduced to the general public.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

Rachel Botsman, the author of a book on the subject, says the consumer peer-to-peer rental market alone is worth $ 26 billion

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The danger is that although some rules need to be updated to protect consumers from harm, existing rental businesses will try to destroy competition

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J) The sharing economy is the latest example of the internet's value to consumers

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Food labels may mislead consumers in their purchases.

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Kodak's decision to file for bankruptcy(破产)protection is a sad, though not unexpected, turning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution.

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Consumers who borrowed too much?

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is but a dream for average consumers

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And that is what put Mr Jobs on the right side of history, as technological innovation (创新)has moved into consumer electronics over the past decade.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

As our special report in this issue (printed before Mr Jobs's death) explains, innovation used to spill over from military and corporate laboratories to the consumer market, but lately this process has gone into reverse

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

Many people's homes now have more powerful, and more flexible, devices than their offices do; consumer gadgets and online services are smarter and easier to use than most companies'ystems

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Familiar consumer products are being adopted by businesses, government and the armed forces

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It originates in the consumer market.

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In the process he brought about great changes in computing, music, telecoms and the news business that were painful for existing firms but welcomed by millions of consumers.

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Meanwhile, the number of consumers hungry for such gadgets continues to swell

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

According to the same study, efforts to reduce consumption should focus on improving consumer awareness and behaviour.

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The immediate cause for the collapse has been Britain's slide toward recession, which has cut into consumer spending.

2015年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

The consumer was ultimately to be mentioned as well, especially by the likes of Dorothy Shaver, who could point to the sales figures at Lord & Taylor.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Meanwhile, Macy's has simply struggled to lure consumers who are more interested in spending on travel or dining out than on new clothes or accessories.

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It reflects a shift of their interest in consumer goods.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Well, my current research is really about consumer behaviour.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

While the practice carries serious health risks for many, those dangers are outweighed by the social and economic gains for poor urban farmers and consumers who need affordable food.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

When this water is used for agricultural irrigation, farmers risk absorbing disease-causing bacteria, as do consumers who eat the produce raw and unwashed.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Those dangers can be addressed with farmer and consumer education, he said, while the free water and nutrients from human waste can help urban farmers in developing countries to escape poverty.

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This is really about trying to cut through the confusion that consumers have when they are buying a product and that businesses have when they are selling a product, said Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the commission.

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There is a large potential for wastewater agriculture to both help and hurt great numbers of urban consumers, said Liqa Raschid-Sally, who led the study.

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Mr.Wilhelm said the excess of labels made it difficult for businesses and consumers to know which labels they should pay attention to.

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Manufacturers of products that claim to be environmentally friendly will face tighter rules on how they are advertised to consumers under changes proposed by the Federal Trade Commission.

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It misled consumers to believe that its products had been certified by a third party.

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It is clear that consumers don't always know what they are getting.

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It gave consumers the impression that all its products were truly green.

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Farmers and consumers may be affected by harmful bacteria.

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Consumers grow wild with products labeled green.

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There is not any one-hit wonder, and there will not be one for years to come, said Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive of the Consumer Technology Association .

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The Consumer Technology Association is the sponsor of the annual Consumer Electronics Show.

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The Consumer Electronics Show in recent years has begun to focus more on the practical value than the showiness of electronic devices.

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That seems to be what consumers are demanding, after all.

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Scan the highlights of this year's Consumer Electronics Show , and you may get a slight feeling of having seen them before.

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Plain packaging would be another step in the reclassification of cigarettes from inviting consumer products to narcotics .

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Many consumers wonder about the necessity of having their fitness monitored.

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Consumers are becoming increasingly bored with what companies have to offer: A survey of 28,000 consumers in 28 countries released by Accenture found consumers are not as excited about technology as they once were.

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Consumers are often hesitant to try smart-home devices because they are worried about compatibility problems.

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Consumers are becoming more worried about giving personal information to tech companies to get customized products and services.

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Companies that have long focused on hardware now have to think of ecosystems instead to give consumers practical solutions to their everyday problems.

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Companies are pushing it hard but make it almost overwhelming even to dip a toe in the water for the average consumer, because there are so many compatibility issues to think about.

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But over the last couple of years, and in this one in particular, we are starting to see companies shift from what is the largest screen size, the smallest form factor or the shiniest object and more into what all of these devices do that is practical in a consumer's life.

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But now these segments are looking at slower growth curves – or shrinking markets in some cases – as consumers are not as eager to spend money on new gadgets.

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And when it comes to the hyper-connected super-smart world that technology firms are painting for us, it seems that consumers are growing more uneasy about handing over the massive amounts of consumer data needed to provide the personalized, customized solutions that companies need to improve their services.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Are people suffering from gadget overload? Are they exhausted by the consumer equivalent of the brain fatigue—information overload—that is caused by constant updates of devices and online media?As you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isn’t good: Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

Advertising informs consumers about the existence and benefits ofproducts and services and attempts to persuade them to buy them.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

"There is not any one-hit wonder, and there will not be one for years to come," said Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive of the Consumer Technology Association CT.

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A stronger relationship between the retailer/producer and the consumer isn't just about financial incentives.

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And when it comes to the hyper-connected super-smart world that technology firms are painting for us, it seems that consumers are growing more uneasy about handing over the massive amounts of consumer data needed to provide the personalized, customized so

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But some companies are realizing that placing the burden of recycling entirely on the consumer is not an effective strategy, especially when tossing something away seems like the easiest and most convenient option.

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Companies are pushing it hard but make it almost overwhelming even to dip a toe in the water for the average consumer, because there are so many compatibility issues to think about.

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Currently, I teach consumer behaviour to undergraduates in their second year, and we look at all kinds of things in consumer behaviour and particularly how consumers are presented in advertising.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

However, despite 2 billion people worldwide already supplementing their diet with insects, consumer disgust remains a large barrier in many western countries.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Scan the highlights of this year's Consumer Electronics Show CES, and you may get a slight feeling of having seen them before.

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So they get involved by looking at advertising and really critically assessing the consumer behaviour aspects of it and getting involved sometimes doing primary research.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

The consumer was ultimately to be mentioned as well, especially by the likes of Dorothy Shaver, who could point to the sales figures at Lord&Taylor.

2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The key thing about consumer behaviour is that it's very much about how consumers change.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

The report doesn't really say how that information would affect consumer buying decisions.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Their philosophy is that extending the life of a pair of jeans is not only great for the environment, but allows the consumer to get more value out of their product.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Yet, more and more businesses are thinking about how to reduce consumer waste.

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And in modern day consumer society everyone is considered to be middle class.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

But consumers do have a choice.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Companies could be forced to consumers what information they hold and how many money they make form it.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Consumers could better protect their privacy.

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Far from charging consumers high prices, many of these services are free users pay, in effect, by handing over yet more data.

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Hod Lipson, a professor at Columbia University, said, "Food printing could allow consumers to print food with customized nutritional content, like vitamins."

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Phone carriers and consumers need to work together to find ways of determining and communicating what is real.

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The giants' success has benefited consumers.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

With a new farm bill to be debated in congress, consumers must take a stand with young farmers.

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The first and more important is the consumer's growing preference for eating out: the consumption of food and drink in places other than homes has risen from about 32 percent of total consumption in 1995 to 35 percent in 2000 and is expected to approach 38 percent by 2005.

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Demand comes mainly from two sources: independent mom-and-pop grocery stores which, unlike large retail chains, are too small to buy straight from producers, and food service operators that cater to consumers when they don’t eat at home.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

At any rate, this change will ultimately be acclaimed by an ever-growing number of both domestic and international consumers, regardless of how long the current consumer pattern will take hold.

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Toyota Motor, for example, alleviated some of the damage from its recall crisis earlier this year with a relatively quick and well-orchestrated social-media response campaign, which included efforts to engage with consumers directly on sites such as Twitter and the social-news site Digg.

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The way consumers now approach the broad range of factors beyond conventional paid media.

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The same dramatic technological changes that have provided marketers with more communications choices have also increased the risk that passionate consumers will voice their opinions in quicker, more visible, and much more damaging ways.

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Such hijacked media are the opposite of earned media: an asset or campaign becomes hostage to consumers, other stakeholders, or activists who make negative allegations about a brand or product.

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If that happens, passionate consumers would try to persuade others to boycott products, putting the reputation of the target company at risk.

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Consumers passionate about a product may create “owned” media by sending e-mail alerts about products and sales to customers registered with its Web site.

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These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable-meant to last only a wash or two, although they don’t advertise that –and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks.

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Overdressed is the fashion world’s answer to consumer-activist bestsellers like Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma.

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Bob Liodice, the chief executive of the Association of National Advertisers, says consumers will be worse off if the industry cannot collect information about their preferences.

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Previous studies on CSR have had trouble differentiating these effects because consumers can be affected by all three.

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First, consumers may take CSR spending as a “signal” that a company’s products are of high quality.

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And third, through a more diffuse “halo effect,” whereby its good deeds earn it greater consideration from consumers and others.

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"Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns," said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter and Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of tide, Crest and other products last year.

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Because electronic payments are immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer.

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From career to community and family, these contrasts suggest that in the aftermath of the searing Great Recession, those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations that will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of Amer

2016年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Grade inflation—the gradual increase in average GPAs grade—point averages over the past few decades—is often considered a product of a consumer era in higher education, in which students are treated like customers to be pleased.

2019年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

If we know we will overreact to consumer products or housing options when we see a happy face, we can take a moment before buying.

2013年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

They're part of a bunch of celebrities starring in a new video for World Environment Day—encouraging you, the consumer, to swap out your single-use plastic staples like straws and cutlery to combat the plastics crisis.

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英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a person who uses goods or services

同义词

反义词

n.消费者

producer

其他释义

production

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