audience的用法在英语中是比较常见的一个单词，也是容易混淆的知识点之一，它的用法有很多，也很容易混淆。
1、 My audience certainly isn't the proverbial man in the street.
我的观众当然不是街上的平头百姓。
2、 The offending comment was in fact a heckle from an audience member.
这番冒犯性的话实际上是一名观众的诘难。
3、 They would always come out and warm up the audience.
他们总是会出来调动观众情绪。
4、 Say's writings reached a wide audience during his lifetime.
在塞伊有生之年，他的作品拥有大量的读者。
5、 After the show, the audience deserts the Blackpool streets.
演出结束后，观众从布莱克浦的大街上消失了踪迹。
6、 Weber is challenging his audience to question their own beliefs.
韦伯正要求观众们反思质疑各自的信仰。
1、 表示“听众”、“观众”，是集合名词，用作主语时，其谓语可用单数或复数。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。
有时由于语义的需要，分别用单数或复数更合适。如:
The audience was enormous. 观众人很多。
The audience are requested to be in their seats by 8:00. 观众要在八点前都入座。
2、 形容听众人数之多或少，通常用 large, small, crowded, thin等形容词修饰audience。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 but attentive audience. 这位演讲者的听众不多，但很专心。
要在那么多观众面前唱歌她感到很紧张。
正:She felt nervous at having to sing before so large an audience [such a large audience]。
误:She felt nervous at having to sing before so many audience.
3、 audience 虽为集合名词，但有时可用复数形式。如:
The audiences were enormous. 听众特别多。
He addressed audiences all over the country. 他向全国各地的听众作地演讲。
4、 audience 有时可表示“读者”。如:
That book has a large audience. 那本书有广大的读者。
n. 观众；读者；接见；听众