集合名詞 audience 的用法要點 　　

　　1. 表示聽眾、觀眾，是集合名詞，用作主語時，其謂語可用單數或復數。如：

　　The audience is [are]listening attentively. 聽眾都在聚精會神地聽著。

　　The audience was [were] enjoying every minute of the performance. 觀眾對演出非常欣賞。

　　有時由于語義的需要，分別用單數或復數更合適。如：

　　The audience was enormous. 觀眾人很多。

　　The audience are requested to be in their seats by 8:00. 觀眾要在八點前都入座。

　　2. 形容聽眾人數之多或少，通常用 large, small, crowded, thin等形容詞修飾audience。如：

　　There was a large audience of young people at the pop concert. 流行音樂演奏會上有大量青年聽眾。

　　Her lecture had a crowded audience. 她的演講擠滿了聽眾。

　　The speaker had a small but attentive audience. 這位演講者的聽眾不多，但很專心。

　　要在那么多觀眾面前唱歌她感到很緊張。

　　正：She felt nervous at having to sing before so large an audience [such a large audience].

　　誤：She felt nervous at having to sing before so many audience.

　　3. audience 雖為集合名詞，但有時可用復數形式。如：

　　The audiences were enormous. 聽眾特別多。

　　He addressed audiences all over the country. 他向全國各地的聽眾作地演講。

　　4. audience 有時可表示讀者。如：

　　That book has a large audience. 那本書有廣大的讀者。

　　集合名詞 audience 的用法要點 　　

　　1. 表示聽眾、觀眾，是集合名詞，用作主語時，其謂語可用單數或復數。如：

　　The audience is [are]listening attentively. 聽眾都在聚精會神地聽著。

　　The audience was [were] enjoying every minute of the performance. 觀眾對演出非常欣賞。

　　有時由于語義的需要，分別用單數或復數更合適。如：

　　The audience was enormous. 觀眾人很多。

　　The audience are requested to be in their seats by 8:00. 觀眾要在八點前都入座。

　　2. 形容聽眾人數之多或少，通常用 large, small, crowded, thin等形容詞修飾audience。如：

　　There was a large audience of young people at the pop concert. 流行音樂演奏會上有大量青年聽眾。

　　Her lecture had a crowded audience. 她的演講擠滿了聽眾。

　　The speaker had a small but attentive audience. 這位演講者的聽眾不多，但很專心。

　　要在那么多觀眾面前唱歌她感到很緊張。

　　正：She felt nervous at having to sing before so large an audience [such a large audience].

　　誤：She felt nervous at having to sing before so many audience.

　　3. audience 雖為集合名詞，但有時可用復數形式。如：

　　The audiences were enormous. 聽眾特別多。

　　He addressed audiences all over the country. 他向全國各地的聽眾作地演講。

　　4. audience 有時可表示讀者。如：

　　That book has a large audience. 那本書有廣大的讀者。