问个英语问题audience是可数名词吗?若为不可数,其后面的be动词是用is还是are.若为可数用哪个

集合名词audience的用法说明
1.audience是集合名词,用作主语时,其谓语可用单数(视为整体)或复数(视为个体).
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.
The audience is [are] always very excited by a wonderful goal.一个精彩的进球总会使观众们非常激动.
2.由于audience 是集合名词,所以an audience 不是指“一个观众”,而是指某一群观众、某一个场次观众、某一方面的观众等.
如：She has never spoken to such a big audience before.她以前从未向这么多人讲过话.
He loves holding forth on any subject once he has an audience.不管是什么问题,只要有人听,他就爱大发议论.
同样地,audiences 也不是指“多个观众”,而是指多群观众,多个场次观众,多个方面的观众等.
Entertaining audiences is the purpose of movies.娱乐观众是电影的目的.
The show had to be taken off because of poor audiences.因观众太少而取消演出.
She has addressed audiences all over the country.她曾向全国各地的听众演讲.另外,audience作为集合名词,原则上不能用它表示个体,但every audience是例外,当要强调每一名观众时,可以这样用.如：The pianist made a conquest of every audience for which she played.

听众，可数名词

用are