audience的意思

n. 觀眾；讀者；接見；聽眾

audience的用法

1. 表示“聽眾”、“觀眾”,是集合名詞,用作主語時(shí),其謂語可用單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)。如:

The audience is [are]listening attentively. 聽眾都在聚精會(huì)神地聽著。

The audience was [were] enjoying every minute of the performance. 觀眾對演出非常欣賞。

有時(shí)由于語義的需要,分別用單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)更合適。如:

The audience was enormous. 觀眾人很多。

The audience are requested to be in their seats by 8:00. 觀眾要在八點(diǎn)前都入座。

2. 形容聽眾人數(shù)之多或少,通常用 large, small, crowded, thin等形容詞修飾audience。如:

There was a large audience of young people at the pop concert. 流行音樂演奏會(huì)上有大量青年聽眾。

Her lecture had a crowded audience. 她的演講擠滿了聽眾。

The speaker had a small but attentive audience. 這位演講者的聽眾不多,但很專心。

要在那么多觀眾面前唱歌她感到很緊張。

正:She felt nervous at having to sing before so large an audience [such a large audience].

誤:She felt nervous at having to sing before so many audience.

3. audience 雖為集合名詞,但有時(shí)可用復(fù)數(shù)形式。如:

The audiences were enormous. 聽眾特別多。

He addressed audiences all over the country. 他向全國各地的聽眾作地演講。

4. audience 有時(shí)可表示“讀者”。如:

That book has a large audience. 那本書有廣大的讀者。

audience的用法例句

1. My audience certainly isn't the proverbial man in the street.

我的觀眾當(dāng)然不是街上的平頭百姓。

2. The offending comment was in fact a heckle from an audience member.

這番冒犯性的話實(shí)際上是一名觀眾的詰難。

3. They would always come out and warm up the audience.

他們總是會(huì)出來調(diào)動(dòng)觀眾情緒。

4. Say's writings reached a wide audience during his lifetime.

在塞伊有生之年，他的作品擁有大量的讀者。

5. After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets.

演出結(jié)束后，觀眾從布萊克浦的大街上消失了蹤跡。

6. Weber is challenging his audience to question their own beliefs.

韋伯正要求觀眾們反思質(zhì)疑各自的信仰。