audience

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɔːdi.əns/|/ˈoːdɪjəns/    美 /ˈoːdi.əns/|[ˈoːɾi.əns]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.
    — We joined the audience just as the lights went down.
  2. Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening. archaic
    — WHen he had ended all his ſayingꝭ in the audience of the people / he entred ĩto Capernaum.
  3. A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program.
  4. A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
    — She managed to get an audience with the Pope.
  5. The readership of a book or other written publication.
    — "Private Eye" has a small but faithful audience.
  6. A following.
    — The opera singer expanded his audience by singing songs from the shows.
  7. An audiencia (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the territory administered by it. historical

词形变化

audiences plural

词汇关系

近义词
hearership listenership
衍生词
audience effect audience hall audience left audienceless audience-proof audience right audience surrogate audience wave captive audience captive audience meeting cyberaudience fraudience inherited audience intended audience preaudience right of audience target audience unaudienced viewing audience work the audience
相关词
audition

词源

From Middle English audience, from Middle French audience, from Old French audience, from Latin audientia, from present participle audiēns (“hearing”), from verb audiō (“to hear”). Doublet of audiencia.
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