audience
noun
ˈɔːdiəns
noun
1
a
group
of
people
who
come
to
watch
and
listen
to
someone
speaking
or
performing
in
public
[英] 观众; 听众
C also + plural verb 亦用复数动词 | BrE
The
audience
began
clapping
and
cheering.
观众开始鼓掌欢呼。
[+
of
]
an
audience
of
250
business
people
250 名商界人士组成的观众
One
member
of
the
audience
described
the
opera
as
‘boring’.
有一名观众说这出歌剧“乏味”。
2
the
people
who
watch
or
listen
to
a
particular
programme,
or
who
see
or
hear
a
particular
artist’s,
writer’s
etc
work
[英] 〔某节目的〕观众，听众;〔某画家、作家等作品的〕观赏者，读者
C also + plural verb 亦用复数动词 | BrE
The
show
attracts
a
regular
audience
of
about
20
million.
这个节目吸引了大约 2000 万固定观众收看。
target
audience
Goya
was
one
of
the
first
painters
to
look
for
a
wider
audience
for
his
work.
戈雅是最早为自己的作品寻找更多观赏者的画家之一。
The
book
is
not
intended
for
a
purely
academic
audience.
本书不是面向纯学术读者的。
3
a
formal
meeting
with
a
very
important
person
谒见，觐见，正式拜会
C
[+
with
]
He
was
granted
an
audience
with
the
Pope.
他获准觐见教皇。