獲准晉見
把『聆聽』的方向反過來：不是一群人來聽你，而是你獲准去『被聽見、與大人物對談』。底層還是 audire（聽）那條線，只是這裡是一場正式、得到許可的會面。
audience with a leader · noun · B1
A formal meeting in which you are allowed to talk with a very important person, such as a king or a religious leader.
晉見 / 謁見
核心畫面
You can picture audience as the rows of people sitting and listening while someone performs or speaks up front: a body of receivers, all turned toward one source, taking in what it gives out. The root idea is hearing — people gathered to receive. From that, it stretches to scattered receivers (a TV audience) and to being granted a hearing with someone powerful.
可以把 audience 想成台下一排排坐著、聽著台上有人表演或講話的人：一群「接收的人」，全都朝向同一個源頭，把它…更多收起
可以把 audience 想成台下一排排坐著、聽著台上有人表演或講話的人：一群「接收的人」，全都朝向同一個源頭，把它發出來的東西收進去。最底層的念頭是『聽、領受』——一群人聚過來接收。從這裡再往外伸：可以是分散各處的接收者（電視機前的觀眾），也可以是『獲准去聆聽大人物』的那種會面。From the word’s history
From Latin 'audientia' (a hearing, listening), from 'audire' (to hear). The shared thread under all senses is receiving by hearing — a gathering of hearers.
源自拉丁文 'audientia'（聆聽、聽取），來自 'audire'（聽）。所有意思底下共通的那條線，就是『以聽來領受』——一群來聽的人聚在一起。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entry 'audience'
From the picture
Also in this word
live audience · noun · B1
A group of people who come together to watch and listen to someone speaking, singing, or performing in front of them.
觀眾 / 聽眾
media audience · noun · B1
The people who watch a TV show, read a book, or see an artist's work, even when they are not all in the same place.
觀眾群 / 讀者群
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
audiencenoun/ˈɔːdi.əns/
- 1
A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.
- We joined the audience just as the lights went down.
- One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
- 2
archaicHearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening.
- WHen he had ended all his ſayingꝭ in the audience of the people / he entred ĩto Capernaum.
- ... groans and roarings full of plaintive anger, the force of which can only be realized by actual audience. When solicited by the jerking of their noses, they condescend to kneel down and tuck their legs under them;[…]
- 3
A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program.
- 4
A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
- She managed to get an audience with the Pope.
- Captain Anderson: Sounds like you convinced the Council to give us an audience. Ambassador Udina: They were not happy about it. Saren's their top agent. They don't like him being accused of treason.
- 5
The readership of a book or other written publication.
- "Private Eye" has a small but faithful audience.
- 6
A following.
- The opera singer expanded his audience by singing songs from the shows.
- 7
historicalAn audiencia (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the territory administered by it.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。