集合名词audience的用法说明
1. audience是集合名词,用作主语时,其谓语可用单数(视为整体)或复数(视为个体)。如:
The audience is [are] listening attentively. 听众都在聚精会神地听着。
The audience was [were] enjoying every minute of the performance. 观众对演出非常欣赏。
The audience is [are] always very excited by a wonderful goal. 一个精彩的进球总会使观众们非常激动。
2. 由于audience 是集合名词,所以an audience 不是指“一个观众”,而是指某一群观众、某一个场次观众、某一方面的观众等。如:
She has never spoken to such a big audience before. 她以前从未向这么多人讲过话。
He loves holding forth on any subject once he has an audience. 不管是什么问题,只要有人听,他就爱大发议论。
同样地,audiences 也不是指“多个观众”,而是指多群观众,多个场次观众,多个方面的观众等。
Entertaining audiences is the purpose of movies. 娱乐观众是电影的目的。liuxuepaper.com