punters

英 [ˈpʌntəz]

美 [ˈpʌntərz]

n.  顾客; 主顾; 客户; 赌马的人
punter的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 赌博者；（尤指）赌马者
  Apunteris a person who bets money, especially on horse races.
  1. Punters are expected to gamble £70m on the Grand National.
     预计众多赌马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

• 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。
• But the punters do know that prices are going through the roof, and it's getting harder and harder to buy into the housing market.
  然而有一点是确定无疑的：房价已经涨得非常离谱了，要进入房市也越来越难了。
• Some stock market analysts say this kind of talk creates a self-perpetuating cycle where punters bet on what the government will do next, rather than on fundamentals.
  一些股市分析师表示，这种言论构成一个自我实现的循环，股民依靠揣摩政府的下一步动向来进行决策，而非考虑基本面。
• An end to such ramping will chase out most retail punters: roughly half of all IPO shares, or 70 per cent of those allotted to retail, are sold on day one, according to brokers CLSA.
  结束这种爆炒，将把大部分散户投机者赶走：券商里昂证券（CLSA）的数据显示，首次公开发行的股票中，大约有一半（或者说散户申购到的70%）在上市第一天就被抛出。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Domestic Chinese shares have been driven by millions of new retail punters, many of whom believe the government will underwrite the rally with rate cuts and other liquidity-boosting measures.
  内地股票价格受到了数百万新增散户的影响。许多散户认为，政府将以降息等提高流动性的措施为股市上涨背书。
• Punters queued outside the cinema for two hours to get tickets for the film.
  观众在电影院外面排了两小时队买这部电影的票。