au‧di‧ence S2 W2 / ɔdiəns $ ɒ-, ɑ- / 名词
1 [ countable also + 复数形式 动词 ] British English a group of people who come to watch and listen to someone speaking or performing in public :
The audience began clapping and cheering.
audience of
an audience of 250 business people
One member of the audience described the opera as ‘boring’.
2 [ countable also + 复数形式 动词 ] British English the people who watch or listen to a particular programme, or who see or hear a particular artist’s, writer’s etc work :
The show attracts a regular audience of about 20 million.
target audience (= the type of people that a programme, advertisement etc is supposed to attract )
Goya was one of the first painters to look for a wider audience for his work.
The book is not intended for a purely academic audience.
3 [可数名词] a formal meeting with a very important person
audience with
He was granted an audience with the Pope.
COLLOCATIONS
动词
perform/play to an audience The band played to huge audiences in Mexico City and Buenos Aires.
an audience laughs He has the ability to make an audience laugh.
an audience claps Most of the audience clapped but a few people jeered.
an audience cheers The audience cheered loudly when he came on stage.
the audience boos She swore at the audience and they began to boo her.
形容词
a capacity/packed audience (= the largest number of people who can fit into a hall, theatre etc ) The lecture attracted a capacity audience.
an enthusiastic audience They drew enthusiastic audiences at Europe’s biggest rock festival.
NOUN + audience
stadium audiences Celine Dion’s tour continues to play to sold-out stadium audiences across Europe.
COLLOCATIONS
动词
have an audience The programme has a massive audience, ranging from children to grandparents.
attract an audience (= make people want to watch ) The first show attracted a television audience of more than 2 million.
reach an audience For an advertiser who wants to reach a large audience, television news easily surpasses other news media.
appeal to an audience (= be interesting to them ) They brought new fashions into their designs to appeal to a wider audience.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + audience
a large/huge etc audience Messages posted on the Internet can attract a huge audience.
a wide audience an author who commands a wide audience
a worldwide audience The game has an ever-increasing worldwide audience.
a young/teenage audience a magazine with a young audience
an older audience The programme mainly appeals to an older audience.
a mass audience (= a very large number of people ) Radio brought entertainment to a mass audience.
a television audience (= all the people who watch or listen to a particular programme ) Nearly half the UK television audience watched the programme last Tuesday.
the target audience (= the type of people a programme etc aims to attract ) The target audience is mostly men aged 28 to 35.
THESAURUS
interview a meeting in which someone is asked questions, to find out if they are suitable for a job, or to help the police find out about a crime. Also used about someone being asked questions on TV, in a newspaper, in a magazine etc : I’ve got another job interview tomorrow. | Since the police interview, she had changed her statement. | an interview with Keith Richards
interrogation an occasion when someone is asked a lot of questions for a long time in order to get information, sometimes using threats, usually by the police or the army : He claims he was tortured during his interrogation. | Police interrogation methods have been questioned.
cross-examination an occasion when someone is asked questions about what they have just said, in order to see if they are telling the truth, especially in a court of law : Under cross-examination, the only witness said she could not be sure about what she saw.
consultation a meeting with a doctor or an expert to discuss treatment or to get advice : The therapist charges $100 for a half hour consultation. | Would you like to come back for another consultation?
audience a formal meeting with a very important person : He was granted an audience with the Pope.