audience是属于集合名词,既可表示单数,也可表示复数,其意思是观众、听众、读者、会见、觐见、进见等,例如an audience of 10000一万名观众、general audience一般受众、television audience电视观众等。
audience是单数还是复数
audience 是一个集合名词,它可以用作单数也可以用作复数。
当我们将 audience 视为一个整体,强调其作为一个群体时,谓语动词应该使用单数形式。
然而,当我们关注 audience 中的每个成员,强调其个体独立性时,谓语动词应该使用复数形式。
例如,当我们说“The audience is watching the game”时,我们是在强调整体,因此使用单数形式的谓语动词。而当我们说“The audience members are enjoying the show”时,我们是在强调每个成员,因此使用复数形式的谓语动词。
audience有关的短语
target audience.目标观众;目标消费者;目标大众;目标受众
Audience area.听众区;看台区;观众区
Audience segmentation.受众分割;受众细分;受众分割将全体受众分成子组群
Mass Audience.大众受众;大众阅听人
audience chamber.接见室;还有女王迎宾的谒见厅
Audience Profile.视听众群体;阅听者轮廓;参会人员
potential audience.潜在受众;潜在观众;潜在的观众
captured audience.被吸引的听众;受制受众
The Audience.女王召见;观众;觐见英女皇
audience的用法
1. 表示“听众”、“观众”,是集合名词,用作主语时,其谓语可用单数或复数。如:
The audience is [are]listening attentively. 听众都在聚精会神地听着。
The audience was [were] enjoying every minute of the performance. 观众对演出非常欣赏。
有时由于语义的需要,分别用单数或复数更合适。如:
The audience was enormous. 观众人很多。
The audience are requested to be in their seats by 8:00. 观众要在八点前都入座。
2. 形容听众人数之多或少,通常用 large, small, crowded, thin等形容词修饰audience。如:
There was a large audience of young people at the pop concert. 流行音乐演奏会上有大量青年听众。
Her lecture had a crowded audience. 她的演讲挤满了听众。
The speaker had a small but attentive audience. 这位演讲者的听众不多,但很专心。
要在那么多观众面前唱歌她感到很紧张。
正:She felt nervous at having to sing before so large an audience [such a large audience].
误:She felt nervous at having to sing before so many audience.
3. audience 虽为集合名词,但有时可用复数形式。如:
The audiences were enormous. 听众特别多。
He addressed audiences all over the country. 他向全国各地的听众作地演讲。
4. audience 有时可表示“读者”。如:
That book has a large audience. 那本书有广大的读者。
有关audience的例句
1、The show appeals to an audience of a certain age.
这个节目中年观众感兴趣。
2、He wowed audience around the country with his new show.
他以他的新节目博得了全国各地观众的交口称赞。
3、He didn't really get his meaning over to the audience.
他未能完全把他的意思向听众讲清楚。
4、Adjust your language to the age of your audience.
要根据听众的年龄使用相应的语言。
5、It was the first interview I'd done in front of a live audience.
那是我首次在观众面前做现场采访。