名詞 audience:

1. a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
2. the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment
3. an opportunity to state your case and be heard
   同義詞：hearing
4. a conference (usually with someone important)
   同義詞：consultation, interview

1. His speech won the applause of the audience.
   他的講話贏得了聽眾的掌聲。
2. He delighted the audience with his performance.
   他用他的表演使觀眾喜悅。
3. The audience was no less than five thousand.
   聽眾有五千人之多。
4. Someone in the audience began to laugh.
   觀眾中有人開始笑起來。

au.di.ence

n.（名詞）

The spectators or listeners assembled at a performance, for example, or attracted by a radio or television program.
觀眾，聽眾：聚集在演出前的觀看者或傾聽者，如被電臺、電視節(jié)目所吸引
The readership for printed matter, as for a book.
讀者，讀者大眾：印刷品，如書籍等的讀者
A body of adherents; a following:
擁護(hù)者，愛好者：一群體支持者；追隨者：
例句：
The tenor expanded his audience by recording popular songs as well as opera.
那個(gè)男高音除歌劇外還錄制了流行歌曲，贏得了他的追隨者

A formal hearing, as with a religious or state dignitary.
正式會見或接見：一種由宗教或由國家要人做出的正式聽取會
An opportunity to be heard or to express one`s views.
聽取，陳述意見（或申訴）的機(jī)會：被傾聽或表達(dá)某人觀點(diǎn)的機(jī)會
The act of hearing or attending.
傾聽，聽?。簝A聽或出席的行為

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin audientia
源自 拉丁語 audientia
from audiôns [present participle of] audore [to hear] * see au-
源自 audiôns [] audore的現(xiàn)在分詞 [聽] *參見 au-