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

• It is certainly not fundamentals that keep punters coming.
  推动买盘的肯定不是基本面因素。
• 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。
• But while punters are returning to the tables as the economy recovers, they are still betting less than before.
  但尽管随着经济复苏，赌客们已开始重返赌台，他们玩得还是比以前小了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Thompson added that the fund would offer one-day punters the opportunity to invest on a longer term basis.
  汤普森还表示，这种基金能为那些一日投资者提供更长期投资的机会。
• 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。
• 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。