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。
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。
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。
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。
- 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