audience是屬于集合名詞，既可表示單數(shù)，也可表示復(fù)數(shù)，其意思是觀(guān)眾、聽(tīng)眾、讀者、會(huì)見(jiàn)、覲見(jiàn)、進(jìn)見(jiàn)等，例如an audience of 10000一萬(wàn)名觀(guān)眾、general audience一般受眾、television audience電視觀(guān)眾等。

audience是單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù)

audience 是一個(gè)集合名詞，它可以用作單數(shù)也可以用作復(fù)數(shù)。

當(dāng)我們將 audience 視為一個(gè)整體，強(qiáng)調(diào)其作為一個(gè)群體時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞應(yīng)該使用單數(shù)形式。

然而，當(dāng)我們關(guān)注 audience 中的每個(gè)成員，強(qiáng)調(diào)其個(gè)體獨(dú)立性時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞應(yīng)該使用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

例如，當(dāng)我們說(shuō)“The audience is watching the game”時(shí)，我們是在強(qiáng)調(diào)整體，因此使用單數(shù)形式的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。而當(dāng)我們說(shuō)“The audience members are enjoying the show”時(shí)，我們是在強(qiáng)調(diào)每個(gè)成員，因此使用復(fù)數(shù)形式的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。

audience有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)

target audience.目標(biāo)觀(guān)眾；目標(biāo)消費(fèi)者；目標(biāo)大眾；目標(biāo)受眾

Audience area.聽(tīng)眾區(qū)；看臺(tái)區(qū)；觀(guān)眾區(qū)

Audience segmentation.受眾分割；受眾細(xì)分；受眾分割將全體受眾分成子組群

Mass Audience.大眾受眾；大眾閱聽(tīng)人

audience chamber.接見(jiàn)室；還有女王迎賓的謁見(jiàn)廳

Audience Profile.視聽(tīng)眾群體；閱聽(tīng)者輪廓；參會(huì)人員

potential audience.潛在受眾；潛在觀(guān)眾；潛在的觀(guān)眾

captured audience.被吸引的聽(tīng)眾；受制受眾

The Audience.女王召見(jiàn)；觀(guān)眾；覲見(jiàn)英女皇

audience的用法

1. 表示“聽(tīng)眾”、“觀(guān)眾”,是集合名詞,用作主語(yǔ)時(shí),其謂語(yǔ)可用單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)。如:

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

The audience was [were] enjoying every minute of the performance. 觀(guān)眾對(duì)演出非常欣賞。

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

The audience was enormous. 觀(guān)眾人很多。

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

2. 形容聽(tīng)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(lè)演奏會(huì)上有大量青年聽(tīng)眾。

Her lecture had a crowded audience. 她的演講擠滿(mǎn)了聽(tīng)眾。

The speaker had a small but attentive audience. 這位演講者的聽(tīng)眾不多,但很專(zhuān)心。

要在那么多觀(guān)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(tīng)眾特別多。

He addressed audiences all over the country. 他向全國(guó)各地的聽(tīng)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(shū)有廣大的讀者。

有關(guān)audience的例句

1、The show appeals to an audience of a certain age.

這個(gè)節(jié)目中年觀(guān)眾感興趣。

2、He wowed audience around the country with his new show.

他以他的新節(jié)目博得了全國(guó)各地觀(guān)眾的交口稱(chēng)贊。

3、He didn't really get his meaning over to the audience.

他未能完全把他的意思向聽(tīng)眾講清楚。

4、Adjust your language to the age of your audience.

要根據(jù)聽(tīng)眾的年齡使用相應(yīng)的語(yǔ)言。

5、It was the first interview I'd done in front of a live audience.

那是我首次在觀(guān)眾面前做現(xiàn)場(chǎng)采訪(fǎng)。