• n. 觀眾；聽眾；讀者；接見

來自audible,聽得見的，-ence,名詞后綴。

audience (n.)

late 14c., "the action of hearing," from Old French audience, from Latin audentia "a hearing, listening," from audientum (nominative audiens), present participle of audire "to hear," from PIE compound *au-dh- "to perceive physically, grasp," from root *au- "to perceive" (cognates: Greek aisthanesthai "to feel;" Sanskrit avih, Avestan avish "openly, evidently;" Old Church Slavonic javiti "to reveal"). Meaning "formal hearing or reception" is from late 14c.; that of "persons within hearing range, assembly of listeners" is from early 15c. (French audience retains only the older senses). Sense transferred 1855 to "readers of a book." Audience-participation (adj.) first recorded 1940.

1. My audience certainly isn't the proverbial man in the street.

我的觀眾當然不是街上的平頭百姓。

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2. The offending comment was in fact a heckle from an audience member.

這番冒犯性的話實際上是一名觀眾的詰難。

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3. They would always come out and warm up the audience.

他們總是會出來調動觀眾情緒。

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4. Say's writings reached a wide audience during his lifetime.

在塞伊有生之年，他的作品擁有大量的讀者。

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5. After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets.

演出結束后，觀眾從布萊克浦的大街上消失了蹤跡。

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