consumers
consumers — 名詞
- consumerssingular
- consumersesplural
1. a person who purchases products or services for personal or household use, rathe
消費者
購買商品或服務供自己使用的人
a person who purchases products or services for personal or household use, rather than for business or resale
Many consumers read online reviews before choosing a new laptop.
許多消費者在選購新筆電前，會先閱讀網路評價。
consumer + read online reviews before choosing
The supermarket lowered its prices to attract more consumers during the holiday season.
這家超市降低價格，希望在假期期間吸引更多消費者。
Dahlia always compares prices at different stores, like a smart consumer would.
Dahlia 總是會比較不同商店的價格，像個精明的消費者一樣。
pattern: like a + adjective + consumer + would
Consumer protection laws help people get their money back when a product is faulty.
消費者保護法幫助人們在買到瑕疵商品時獲得退款。
collocation: consumer protection laws
- consumer demand
- consumer protection
- consumer rights
- consumer behaviour
- consumer spending
2. a living thing that gets the energy and nutrients it needs by eating other livin
攝食者
食物鏈中以其他生物為食的生物
a living thing that gets the energy and nutrients it needs by eating other living things or organic matter
In a pond ecosystem, small fish are consumers that feed on water plants.
在池塘生態系中，小魚是攝食者，以水生植物為食。
be + consumers + that + feed on [food source]
The biology teacher explained that rabbits are primary consumers in a grassland food chain.
生物老師解釋說，兔子是草原食物鏈中的初級攝食者。
Henry learned that all animals are consumers because they cannot make their own food.
Henry 學到，所有動物都是攝食者，因為牠們無法自行製造食物。
explanation: because + contrast with plants that make their own food
Owls are consumers that hunt mice and other small animals for food.
貓頭鷹是攝食者，會獵食老鼠和其他小動物。
- primary consumer
- secondary consumer
- tertiary consumer
- consumers in the food chain
- heterotroph
the formal scientific term; more technical and less common in everyday language
- producer
an organism (such as a green plant) that makes its own food from sunlight
同根字
- consume動詞B1
- consumer名詞B1
- consumption名詞B2
- consumerism名詞C1