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The Water Authority may approve, as the consumer of a fire service or inside service in any premises, any person who-水务监督可认可任何以下的人为任何处所内消防供水系统或内部供水系统的用户一http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.09.2011http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.09.2011
At this stage, the policy has become a contributor to global financial fragility, and it may be retarding Japan’s own prosperity by contributing to consumer anxieties.当前，这一政策促使了全球金融的脆弱，并且因其使消费者产生忧虑可能还阻碍了日本自身的经济繁荣。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010
For example, we need stronger consumer protection for retail financial products, stricter disclosure requirements for new securities, and better-designed vehicles for hedging risks.比如，我们需要加强对零售金融产品消费者的保护，对新债券实行更为严格的披露机制，并且设计出更好的避险工具。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011
No person shall install a gas meter in a meter box provided with a lock unless the consumer concerned has been provided with a key to the lock clearly labelled, in the English and Chinese languages, "Gas Meter Box"除非有关用户已获给予开启气体表箱的锁的钥匙，而该钥匙附有以中英文清楚标明“气体 表箱”的标签，否则任何人不得将气体表装置在配有锁的气体表箱内。http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 18.07.2011http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 18.07.2011
there is no consumer for the fire service or inside service or, if there is a communal service, no agent for the communal service.该消防供水系统或内部供水系统没有用户，或如有公用供水系统，该公用供水系统并 无代理人。http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.09.2011http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.09.2011
From a model applicable to the minority of the world’s population, “Western consumer society” is becoming the dominant economic model of the world, one to which there is increasingly no alternative.“西方消费社会”已经从对世界人口少数人适用的一种模式转变为独霸全球的经济模 式。而且，这一模式越发没有可以替代的其他模式了。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011
Yet consumer confidence, capital expenditure, and hiring have yet to take a sharp hit.但是，消费者信心、资本开支以及招聘却尚未受到大的冲击。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
Currently, most biomaterials are off-the-shelf materials that were originally used in consumer applications.目前使用的大多数生物材料都是用于普通消费品生产的标准材料。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010
Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to pay a charge for the water so taken or diverted as if there had been a supply of that water to him as a consumer.任何人违反本条的规定，即属犯罪，并须缴付取水或转驳用水的收费，犹如他作为用户而获该项供水一样。http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.09.2011http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.09.2011
a customer or a consumer of goods and services provided by any person or entity,任何人或机构提供的货品及服务的顾客或消费者。http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.09.2011http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.09.2011
the consumer has caused or permitted the alteration or repairs;是用户导致或容许作出的更改或修理；http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.09.2011http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.09.2011
If a meter is found to register correctly the consumer shall pay the charge prescribed in Part I of Schedule 1 for testing the meter, but no charge shall be payable if the meter is found to over-register or to under-register.如发现水表记录正确，该用户须缴付附表1第I部所订明的水表测试收费，但如发现水表记录过高或过低，则无须缴付任何收费。http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.09.2011http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 22.09.2011
with the prior approval of the Chief Executive, become a member of or affiliate to any international body concerned with consumer matters.在获得行政长官事先批准下，加入任何关注消费者事务的国际组织成为会员或附属会 员。http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 07.11.2011http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 07.11.2011
Sale of goods or taxable services to consumers;向消费者销售货物或者应税劳务的；© 中国投资指南http://www.fdi.gov.cn/index.htm 17.05.2011© Invest in Chinahttp://www.fdi.gov.cn/index.htm 17.05.2011
That is good news for farmers and consumers around the world.这对全世界的农民和消费者来说则是好消息。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010
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consumer durables
耐用消费品
consumer price index
消费物价指数
consumer goods
消费品
consumer education
消费者教育
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| Common case | consumer | consumers |
| Possessive case | consumer's | consumers' |