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(tīng)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(tīng)眾有五千人之多。
4. Someone in the audience began to laugh.
   觀眾中有人開(kāi)始笑起來(lái)。

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(tīng)眾：聚集在演出前的觀看者或傾聽(tīng)者，如被電臺(tái)、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(shū)籍等的讀者
A body of adherents; a following:
擁護(hù)者，愛(ài)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(huì)見(jiàn)或接見(jiàn)：一種由宗教或由國(guó)家要人做出的正式聽(tīng)取會(huì)
An opportunity to be heard or to express one`s views.
聽(tīng)取，陳述意見(jiàn)（或申訴）的機(jī)會(huì)：被傾聽(tīng)或表達(dá)某人觀點(diǎn)的機(jī)會(huì)
The act of hearing or attending.
傾聽(tīng)，聽(tīng)?。簝A聽(tīng)或出席的行為

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