audience是屬于集合名詞，既可表示單數(shù)，也可表示復(fù)數(shù)，其意思是觀眾、聽眾、讀者、會(huì)見、覲見、進(jìn)見等，例如an audience of 10000一萬名觀眾、general audience一般受眾、television audience電視觀眾等。

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)，謂語動(dòng)詞應(yīng)該使用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

例如，當(dāng)我們說“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)形式的謂語動(dòng)詞。而當(dāng)我們說“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)形式的謂語動(dòng)詞。

audience有關(guān)的短語

target audience.目標(biāo)觀眾；目標(biāo)消費(fèi)者；目標(biāo)大眾；目標(biāo)受眾

Audience area.聽眾區(qū)；看臺(tái)區(qū)；觀眾區(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；大眾閱聽人

audience chamber.接見室；還有女王迎賓的謁見廳

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

potential audience.潛在受眾；潛在觀眾；潛在的觀眾

captured audience.被吸引的聽眾；受制受眾

The Audience.女王召見；觀眾；覲見英女皇

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(duì)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。

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)目博得了全國各地觀眾的交口稱贊。

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

他未能完全把他的意思向聽眾講清楚。

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

要根據(jù)聽眾的年齡使用相應(yīng)的語言。

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

那是我首次在觀眾面前做現(xiàn)場采訪。