punters

英 [ˈpʌntəz]

美 [ˈpʌntərz]

n.  顾客; 主顾; 客户; ***的人
punter的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 赌博者；（尤指）***者
  Apunteris a person who bets money, especially on horse races.
  1. Punters are expected to gamble £70m on the Grand National.
     预计众多***者会在国家大马赛上下注7,000万英镑。
• N-COUNT 顾客；客人
  People sometimes refer to their customers or clients aspunters.
  1. Should anyone attack the stripper, the punters know that it is likely to be the end of the show.
     如果有人侵犯脱衣舞表演者，客人们就知道表演可能要结束了。
• 弃踢手；踢悬空球的人
  In American football, apunteris someone who kicks the ball by punting it.

双语例句

• H-share offerings this year in Hong Kong are down an average of 12 per cent, a far cry from the heady days of 2006 and 2007 when punters expected to double their money on first-day dealings.
  今年香港H股的发行规模平均下降了12%，这与2006年和2007年的鼎盛时期相去甚远，当时的客户都指望能在首日交易中赚到一倍的利润。
• The newspaper editor claimed that she always tries to give the punters what they want.
  报纸编辑声称她总是给读者提供他们要看的东西。
• It may once have been possible for businesses to see themselves grandly at the centre of a marketplace, dispensing goods and services to grateful punters.
  对企业而言，它们可能曾发现，自己处于市场中心，向心怀感激的顾客分发商品和服务。
• Flint revealed that the company has been taking on new marketing and technical staff in order to power the initiative, developing new ways to make Sky's offering more accessible to punters.
  弗林特透露，该公司已采取新的营销和技术人员，以权力的积极性，发展的新途径，使天空的投注者提供更方便。
• Betfair allows punters to bet on football games, and the market stays open throughout the match.
  必发允许下注者对足球比赛下注，市场在比赛期间一直开放。
• In reality, though, easier money means more leverage for punters, which means higher prices only as long as the froth lasts.
  但在现实中，资金宽松意味着投机者会加大杠杆，这意味着只要泡沫持续下去，股价就肯定会上涨。
• Some of these attractions remain undimmed. But they are no longer enough to bring in the punters.
  这些卖点部分仍保留下来，但已不再足以招徕顾客。
• The sell-off could be exacerbated as mutual funds dump their holdings to meet redemption demands from punters who treat them more like speculative stocks than long-term investments.
  如果共同基金卖出所持股份来满足投资者的赎回需求，抛售很可能还会加剧。在这些投资者眼中，共同基金更像是投机性股票，而不是长期投资。
• We want to be helpful to the punters, and sometimes they've got to be helpful with us.
  我们希望能够帮助我们的投资人，而我们也希望他们能够时而给予我们帮助。
• This time uneducated punters may be right& at least for a while.
  这一次，业余炒股者可能是正确的&至少在一段时间内如此。