audience
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT-COLL The audience at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it. 观众
The entire audience broke into loud applause. 全场观众爆发出响亮的掌声。
2. N-COUNT-COLL The audience for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listen to it. 观众; 听众
The concert will be broadcast to a worldwide television audience estimated at one billion. 这场音乐会将向全世界大约十亿电视观众转播。
3. N-COUNT-COLL The audience of a writer or artist is the people who read their books or look at their work. 读者; 欣赏者
Say's writings reached a wide audience during his lifetime. 塞伊的作品在他有生之年就拥有了广泛读者。
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audience /ˈɔːdɪəns/ (audiences)
剑桥词典
- The audience clapped and cheered when she stood up to speak .
- She announced the winner of the competition to an excited audience.
- She is a confident and practised speaker who always impresses her audience.
- The candidates engaged in a lively debate , witnessed by a huge television audience.
- The play shocked audiences when it was first performed .
audience noun [C] (GROUP OF PEOPLE)
[ 指称集体行动的一群人的名词作为单数使用时，在英式英语中，该名词后面可以使用动词的单数或者复数在美式英语中，使用动词的单数更好 ]the group of people together in one place to watch or listen to a play , film , someone speaking , etc.
观众；听众；读者
She lectures to audiences all over the world . 她向世界各地的听众发表演讲。
The secret to public speaking is to get the audience on your side . 当众演讲的秘诀是，一定要让听众支持你的观点。
The audience was/were clearly delighted with the performance . 无疑，观众非常喜欢这场演出。
The magic show had a lot of audience participation , with people shouting things to the performers and going up on stage . 这场魔术表演有很多观众参与的内容，有的观众在台下大声应答表演者，有的则上台助阵。
[ 指称集体行动的一群人的名词作为单数使用时，在英式英语中，该名词后面可以使用动词的单数或者复数在美式英语中，使用动词的单数更好 ]
the (number of) people watching or listening to a particular television or radio programme , reading a particular book , or visiting a particular website
观众人数；听众人数；读者人数
The television company has lost a large part of its audience since it changed its programming . 该电视台调整节目后失去了大批观众。
Her latest book should appeal to a large audience (= many people will want to read it). 她的新书应会吸引大批的读者。
例句
audience noun [C] (FORMAL MEETING)
a formal meeting that you have with an important person
谒见；觐见；正式拜会
She had a private audience with the king . 她受到国王的私下召见。 返回 audience