consumer
consumer — 名詞
1. A consumer is a person who purchases products or pays for services to satisfy th
消費者
購買商品或服務供自己使用的人
A consumer is a person who purchases products or pays for services to satisfy their own needs or wants, rather than to resell the items or use them for business purposes.
Rania reads online reviews before every major consumer purchase like a laptop or a smartphone.
Rania 在購買筆電或智慧型手機這類重大消費品之前，都會先看網路評價。
collocation: consumer purchase / consumer goods
New safety rules protect consumers from misleading product labels and false advertising claims.
新的安全法規旨在保護消費者，避免他們受到誤導性產品標籤和不實廣告的影響。
collocation: protect consumers
Yumi checked the consumer satisfaction survey before choosing her internet provider.
Yumi 在選擇網路服務供應商之前，先查閱了消費者滿意度調查報告。
Consumer spending on organic food has grown steadily over the past five years in Taiwan.
過去五年來，台灣消費者在有機食品上的支出持續穩定成長。
David switched to a cheaper mobile plan after reading advice on a consumer rights website.
David 在閱讀消費者權益網站上的建議後，改用了一個費率較低的手機方案。
- customer
more specific — refers to someone buying from a particular shop or business, not the general economic role
- buyer
focuses on the act of purchasing; often used in legal or real-estate contexts
- shopper
emphasises the activity of looking for and selecting goods, often in physical stores
- purchaser
formal register, typical in contracts and official documents rather than everyday speech
文法句型
consumer + noun (attributive use)
用法筆記
In formal or academic English, consumer refers to anyone who uses goods or services, regardless of whether a purchase was made. The word is also very frequently used attributively before another noun — for example, consumer demand, consumer behaviour, consumer confidence.