participants

IPA/pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.pənt/
KK[pɑrtˈɪsəpənts]IPA/pɑːrˈtɪs.ə.pənt/

participants — noun

  • participantssingular
  • participantsesplural

1. people who engage in and actively contribute to an activity, event, or process —

1.名詞A2
釋義

people who engage in and actively contribute to an activity, event, or process — for example, a workshop, a race, a research study, or a discussion

例句

All participants in the cooking class received a recipe booklet at the end.

collocation: participants in [activity/group]

The conference had over two hundred participants from fifteen different countries.

quantifier: over two hundred participants

同義詞
  • attendees

    focuses on people who are present at an event, not necessarily taking an active role

  • members

    implies belonging to a group or organisation, not just joining an activity

  • entrants

    specifically for competitions or contests where people sign up to take part

  • contestants

    narrower — only for competitive events with judging or scoring

反義詞
  • spectators

    people who watch an activity without joining in

  • onlookers

    people who observe casually, without being officially involved

文法句型

participants + in + [activity]

participants + in + [group/organisation]

用法筆記

Frequently used with a prepositional phrase headed by 'in' to specify the activity. Can also be followed by 'at' (an event venue) or 'from' (a geographical or institutional origin). Subject-verb agreement follows the noun count: singular 'participant' takes a singular verb, plural 'participants' takes a plural verb.

常見錯誤

❌The participant's were asked to fill out a form.
✅The participants were asked to fill out a form.
💡do not add an apostrophe when forming the simple plural.
❌She was a participant of the survey.
✅She was a participant in the survey.
💡use 'in', not 'of', to link participants to the activity.
❌The meeting counted 40 participators.
✅The meeting counted 40 participants.
💡'participator' is very rare; the standard word is 'participant'.