高考英語(yǔ)詞匯詳解：audience的用法
    1. 表示“聽(tīng)眾”、“觀眾”，是集合名詞，用作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，其謂語(yǔ)可用單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)。如：
    The audience is [are]listening attentively. 聽(tīng)眾都在聚精會(huì)神地聽(tīng)著。
    The audience was [were] enjoying every minute of the performance. 觀眾對(duì)演出非常欣賞。
    有時(shí)由于語(yǔ)義的需要，分別用單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)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(diǎn)前都入座。
    2. 形容聽(tīng)眾人數(shù)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(lè)演奏會(huì)上有大量青年聽(tīng)眾。
    Her lecture had a crowded audience. 她的演講擠滿(mǎn)了聽(tīng)眾。
    The speaker had a small but attentive audience. 這位演講者的聽(tīng)眾不多，但很專(zhuān)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(shí)可用復(fù)數(shù)形式。如：
    The audiences were enormous. 聽(tīng)眾特別多。
    He addressed audiences all over the country. 他向全國(guó)各地的聽(tīng)眾作地演講。
    4. audience 有時(shí)可表示“讀者”。如：
    That book has a large audience. 那本書(shū)有廣大的讀者。