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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++au·di·ence /ˈɔːdiəns $ ˈɒː-, ˈɑː-/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 1 [countable]LISTENWATCH a group of people who come to watch and listen to someone speaking or performing in public 观众；听众 The audience began clapping and cheering. 观众开始鼓掌欢呼。audience of an audience of 250 business people 250名商界人士组成的观众 One member of the audience described the opera as ‘boring’. 有一名观众说这出歌剧“乏味”。2 [countable also + plural verb] British EnglishTCB the people who watch or listen to a particular programme, or who see or hear a particular artist’s, writer’s etc work 〔某节目的〕观众，听众；〔画家、作家等作品的〕观赏者，读者 The show attracts a regular audience of about 20 million. 这个节目吸引了大约两千万固定观众收看。target audience (=the type of people that a programme, advertisement etc is supposed to attract) 〔节目、广告等的〕目标受众，目标对象 Goya was one of the first painters to look for a wider audience for his work. 戈雅是最早为自己的作品寻找更多观赏者的画家之一。 The book is not intended for a purely academic audience. 本书不是面向纯学术读者的。3 [countable]MEET a formal meeting with a very important person 谒见，觐见，正式拜会audience with He was granted an audience with the Pope. 他获准觐见教皇。n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: a group of people who come to watch and listen to someone speaking or performing in publicverbsperform/play to an audienceThe band played to huge audiences in Mexico City and Buenos Aires.an audience laughsHe has the ability to make an audience laugh.an audience clapsMost of the audience clapped but a few people jeered.an audience cheersThe audience cheered loudly when he came on stage. the audience boosShe swore at the audience and they began to boo her.adjectivesa capacity/packed audience (=the largest number of people who can fit into a hall, theatre etc)The lecture attracted a capacity audience.an enthusiastic audienceThey drew enthusiastic audiences at Europe's biggest rock festival.NOUN + audiencestadium audiencesCeline Dion's tour continues to play to sold-out stadium audiences across Europe.n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: the people who watch or listen to a particular programme, or who see or hear a particular artist’s, writer’s etc workverbshave an audienceThe 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 audienceFor 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 + audiencea large/huge etc audienceMessages posted on the Internet can attract a huge audience.a wide audiencean author who commands a wide audiencea worldwide audienceThe game has an ever-increasing worldwide audience.a young/teenage audiencea magazine with a young audiencean older audienceThe 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.n GRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?• Audience is usually followed by a singular verb: The audience was cheering and shouting.• In British English, you can also use a plural verb: The audience were cheering and shouting.
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audience• We will continue to advertise, and try to improve it, and build an audience.• I'm not sure that this film will appeal to British audiences.• MTV's core audience is 18 to 24 year olds.• These two programs are both news and current affairs, but they cater for very different audiences.• The program has an estimated audience of 5 million households.• The ad was inappropriate for a family audience.• In a half-hour audience the King's new National Government was created.• He wrote with a particular audience in mind and therefore emphasised the points of interest most suited to that audience.• WMLD's audience is mainly young and black.• The show has delighted television audiences in the United States and Britain.• Actors, wearing masks, came down among the audience.• Some of the 250 people in the audience told the Post they believed the jokes were too harsh.• There seemed to be quite a lot of young people in the audience.• The second comedian really made the audience laugh.• In their presence, the audience could feel its civilized surface annulled and replaced by a consoling sense of unity with nature.• The audience is invited to a celebrity reception following the reading.• The audience consisted mainly of young girls under sixteen.• The audience danced and clapped and swayed to the music.• Your audience will be confused over it and that will give you a chance to think of something.member of the audience• Overhead lights crashed to the auditorium floor and members of the audience bolted for exits.• The accent is on participation and members of the audience are invited on stage to help illustrate songs.• It's enough to give every member of the audience paranoia.• If members of the audience introduced themselves, use some of the information you gleaned during your speech.• Some members of the audience applauded it.• The members of the audience were asked to watch the film closely as they would be asked questions about it afterwards.• It will be a 90-minute meeting in which members of the audience will pose questions to the candidates.a wider audience• Businesses and publications are leaving on-line services for the Internet as a way to reach a wider audience.• Curtis, who rates an above-average 32, seems like the better choice to appeal to a wider audience.• Dave Thomas, spokesman for the band, said it was a good opportunity for the band to reach a wider audience.• It is being incorporated into the World Wide Web browsers such as NetScape, giving it a wider audience.• Papyrus enabled the ancients to spread their religion to a wider audience.• The debate is a profound one and it is only just beginning to reach out to a wider audience.• The series of four concerts aims to bring classical music to a wider audience, although the tickets aren't cheap.granted ... audience• The delegates had to return without the satisfaction of having been granted an audience.• At the end of the conference the participants were granted an audience with the Pope.• We were granted an audience with the Pope.From Longman Business Dictionaryaudienceau‧di‧ence /ˈɔːdiənsˈɒː-, ˈɑː-/ noun [countable] the number or kind of people who watch or listen to something that is broadcast on radio or television, or listen to a particular type of musicThe ad was broadcast on all major channels, giving it an audience of millions. → core audience → target audienceOrigin audience (1300-1400) French Latin audientia “hearing”, from audire; → AUDIOau·di·ence noun →n GRAMMAR1 →n COLLOCATIONS1
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au‧di‧ence S2 W2 /ˈɔːdiəns $ ˈɒː-, ˈɑː-/
noun1. [countable also + plural verb] 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 + plural verb] 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. [countable] a formal meeting with a very important person
audience with
He was granted an audience with the Pope.
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▪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.
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▪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.
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▪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.
▪ 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.
au‧di‧ence S2 W2 /ˈɔːdiəns $ ˈɒː-, ˈɑː-/
noun1. [countable also + plural verb] British English a group of people who come to watch and listen to someone speaking or performing in public: audience of
2. [countable also + plural verb] 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:
target audience (=the type of people that a programme, advertisement etc is supposed to attract)
3. [countable] a formal meeting with a very important person
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Watching 观看
watch television/TV/a show/( a programme/BrE ( a program/a documentary/a pilot/a rerun/a repeatNAmE 看电视／电视节目／纪实电视节目／试播节目／重播的电视节目 see ( an ad/especially
BrE ( a commercial/the news/the weatherespecially
NAmE 看广告／新闻／天气节目 catch/miss a show/a programme/a program/an episode/the news看／错过电视节目／电视连续剧的一集／新闻节目 pick up/reach for/grab the remote (control)拿起／伸手去拿／抓起遥控器 change/switch channel换频道 surf (through)/ ( especially
NAmE flip through/ ( especially
BrE flick through the channels快速浏览电视频道 sit in front of/switch on/switch off/turn on/turn off the television/the TV/the TV set坐在电视机前；开／关电视 have/install satellite (TV)/cable (TV)/a satellite dish有／安装卫星电视／有线电视／卫星电视碟形天线
Showing 播放
show a programme/a documentary/an ad/a commercial播放电视节目／纪实电视节目／广告 screen a programme/a documentary播放电视节目／纪实电视节目 run an ad/a commercial播放广告 broadcast/ ( especially
NAmE air/repeat a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a series播放／重播电视节目／纪实电视节目／电视连续剧的一集／系列节目 go out/air/be recorded live现场直播／录制 attract/draw (in)/pull (in) viewers吸引观众 be a hit with viewers/audiences/critics受到电视观众／观众／评论家的喜爱 get (low/high) ratings有（低／高）收视率
Appearing 演出
be on/appear on television/TV/a TV show在电视上／电视节目中露面 take part in a phone-in/a game show/a quiz show/a reality TV show参与热线直播节目／游戏节目／智力游戏节目／电视真人秀 host a show/a programme/series/a game show/a quiz show/a talk show/( a chat showBrE 主持电视节目／系列节目／游戏节目／智力游戏节目／访谈节目 be/become/work as a/an( TV presenter/talk-show host/sports commentator/anchorman/BrE ( newsreaderBrE 是／成为／当电视节目主持人／访谈节目主持人／体育运动实况解说员／新闻节目主持人／新闻播音员 read/present the news播报新闻 appear/perform live (on TV)（在电视上）现场表演
Programme-making 节目制作
do/film/make a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a pilot/a series/an ad/a commercial拍摄电视节目／纪实电视节目／电视连续剧的一集／试播节目／系列节目／广告 work on a soap (opera)/a pilot (episode)/a sitcom制作肥皂剧／试播节目（的一集）／情景喜剧 write/produce a drama/sitcom/spin-off/comedy series写／拍摄戏剧／情景喜剧／电视系列剧的派生作品／喜剧连续剧
interview a formal meeting at which sb is asked questions, for example, to see if they are suitable for a particular job or course of study, or in order to find out their opinions about sth 指面试、面谈 ：◆ a job interview 求职面试 interrogation the process of asking sb a lot of questions, especially in an aggressive way, in order to get information; an occasion on which this is done 指讯问、审问、盘问 ：◆ He confessed after four days under interrogation .他在受讯问四天之后招认了。 audience a formal meeting with an important person 指与要人的会见、觐见 ：◆ The Pope granted her a private audience. 教皇同意私下接见她。 consultation a meeting with an expert, especially a doctor, to get advice or treatment 指向专家请教的咨询，尤指就诊
Patterns
an in-depth interview/consultationa police interview/interrogationto have/request a(n) interview/audience/consultationwith sbto give/grant sb a(n) interview/audience/consultationto carry out/conduct an interview/interrogation