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单词 audience
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audiencenoun [ C ]

uk/ˈɔː.di.əns/us/ˈɑː.di.əns/

audience noun [ C ] (GROUP OF PEOPLE)

B1 [ + sing/pl verb ] the group of people together in one place to watch or listen to a play, film, someone speaking, etc.:

She lectures to audiences all over the world.
The secret to public speaking is to get the audience on your side.
The audience was/were clearly delighted with the performance.
The magic show had a lot of audience participation, with people shouting things to the performers and going up on stage.

B2 [ + sing/pl verb ] the (number of) people watching or listening to a particular television or radio programme, reading a particular book, or visiting a particular website:

The television company has lost a large part of its audience since it changed its programming.
Her latest book should appeal to a large audience (= many people will want to read it).

More examples

  • The audience clapped and cheered when she stood up to speak.
  • She announced the winner of the competition to an excited audience.
  • She is a confident and practised speaker who always impresses her audience.
  • The candidates engaged in a lively debate, witnessed by a huge television audience.
  • The play shocked audiences when it was first performed.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Audiences and spectators

  • bums on seats idiom
  • bystander
  • captive audience
  • concertgoer
  • consumption
  • crowd
  • fan
  • fly
  • fly on the wall idiom
  • goer
  • listener
  • observer
  • onlooker
  • seat
  • spectator
  • viewer
  • watcher
  • watcher

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audience noun [ C ] (FORMAL MEETING)

a formal meeting that you have with an important person:

She had a private audience with the king.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Meeting people

  • appointment
  • conclave
  • cross
  • cross sb's path/cross paths with sb idiom
  • deal
  • gathering
  • hello
  • hook
  • hook up
  • how are things (with you)? idiom
  • how do you do? idiom
  • it's a date idiom
  • known
  • massed
  • meet
  • meeting point
  • muster point
  • remember sb to sb
  • run across sb
  • tryst

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