表示“观众”的英文单词＂spectator＂和＂audience ＂有什么区别呢？
表示“观众”的英文单词"spectator"和"audience "有什么区别呢？
spectator [spekˈteɪtər]
Spectators literally means “people who watch”.It is used more commonly to mean a person who watches at a show, game, or other event, especially a sports event.
"spectator"字面上的意思是“观看的人”。它更常用于指观看表演、比赛或其他活动，特别是体育活动的人。
The stadium holds 75 000 spectators.该体育场可容纳7.5万名观众。There were thousands of spectators at the game.比赛有成千上万的观众。Tennis ranks second after football as the most popular spectator and participation sport. 网球仅次于足球是排行第二最受观众欢迎和参与的体育项目。
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audience [ˈɔːdiəns]
a group of people who have gathered to watch or listen to sth such as a play or concert.
"audience "指聚集在一起观看或听某物如戏剧或音乐会的一群人。（集体名词）
Audience is broader and can be used when talking about people at a concert, a play, a talk, people watching a film or TV show or even people reading a book.
"audience "应用范围更广，可以指在音乐会、话剧、谈话、看电影或电视节目的人，甚至是在读书的人。
The audience clapped when she finished speaking.她讲完后观众鼓掌。The audience at once greeted him warmly. 观众立即对他作出了热情的反应。Television has transformed the size and social composition of the audience at great sporting occasions. 电视改变了重大体育赛事观众的规模和其社会阶层构成结构
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总结：从他们的释义来看，spectator可以指单个的观众。而audience一般是一个集体名词。另外他们的应用范围和场合也不太一样，audience还可以做听众理解，而spectator还可以指旁观者的意思。
这两个词，你现在能区分了吗？
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He was a fervent ________ of baseball and football. 他是棒球和足球的热情观众。
