clients

clients — 名詞

1. people who pay a professional person or company for help, advice, or other servi

1.名詞B1
釋義

客戶

付費接受專業服務的人

people who pay a professional person or company for help, advice, or other services

例句

The law firm called its clients before the court date changed.

那家律師事務所在開庭日期變動前先聯絡了客戶。

service context: law firm and clients

Reema sent the clients a draft contract after the Monday meeting.

Reema 在週一會議後把合約草稿寄給那些客戶。

collocation: send clients a draft contract

同義詞
  • customer

    broader and more common for ordinary buying situations

  • patient

    used when the professional relationship is medical

  • patron

    more formal and often used for regular users or supporters

用法筆記

Often used for people who work with lawyers, designers, accountants, therapists, or agencies. Compared with customer, it usually suggests an ongoing professional relationship rather than a simple one-time purchase.

常見錯誤

❌The corner shop has many clients every morning.
✅The corner shop has many customers every morning.
💡Use clients mainly for people receiving professional or ongoing services, not ordinary shop buyers.

2. computers or programs that get data or services from a server on a network

2.名詞B1
釋義

用戶端

向伺服器取用資料的電腦或程式

computers or programs that get data or services from a server on a network

例句

The server sends updates to all clients every five seconds.

伺服器每五秒就會把更新傳送給所有用戶端。

client-server pattern: server sends updates to clients

During the test, three clients lost connection when the router restarted.

測試期間，路由器重新啟動時有三個用戶端斷線了。

同義詞
  • workstation

    usually refers only to a physical computer, not a program

  • terminal

    an older or narrower term for a machine connected to a larger system

  • front-end app

    focuses on software that requests services from a back-end system

反義詞
  • server

    the machine or program that provides the shared data or service

用法筆記

Usually discussed together with a server. A client may be a physical device or a software program, such as a browser or an email app, as long as it asks another machine for data or functions.

常見錯誤

❌Each client stores the main shared database for the office.
✅The server stores the main shared database, and each client connects to it.
💡A client uses a server's resources; it is not usually the central machine everyone depends on.