3. 形容听(观)众人数之多或少,通常用big, large, huge, mass, vast, wide 以及small, thin等形容词修饰,但是不用many, few修饰。如:
There was a large audience of young people at the pop concert. 流行音乐演奏会上有大量青年听众。
Her lecture had a crowded audience. 她的演讲挤满了听众。
The speaker had a small (thin) but attentive audience. 这位演讲者的听众不多(很少),但很专心。(http://yingyu.chazidian.com)
She felt nervous at having to sing before so large an audience [such a large audience]. 要在那么多观众面前唱歌她感到很紧张。
4.要具体表示观众的数量,可参考以下表达:
There were at least three hundred people in the audience. 观众至少有300人。
The series has attracted an audience of more than 10 million. 这个系列片吸引了1,000多万观众收看。
An audience of millions watched the royal wedding on TV. 数以百万计的人们在电视上观看皇家婚礼。
不过,偶尔它也可直接受数字(通常为较大的数字)的修饰。如:
Three thousand audience crowded the concert hall. 3,000名听众挤满了音乐大厅。
5.主要指收音机的“听众”,音乐会的“听众”,电视的“观众”,戏曲的“观众”等,若指看比赛(如足球赛)的“观众”,则用spectator。
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