1 [with.sop] all the people who are watching or listening to a play, concert, speech, the television, etc 观众；听众: The audience was/were wild with excitement. 观众兴奋若狂。There were only about 200 people in the audience. 观众只有200人左右。

2 a formal meeting with a very important person 谒见，晋见，拜会（重要人物）: He was granted an audience with the President. 他获准拜会总统。