listeners
listeners — 名詞
1. the people who tune in to a radio show, podcast, song, or other audio broadcast
聽眾
收聽廣播或播客的人們
the people who tune in to a radio show, podcast, song, or other audio broadcast — the audience whose attention reaches the speaker through sound rather than sight.
Christopher's morning radio show has over two million daily listeners across Ireland.
Christopher 的晨間廣播節目在愛爾蘭擁有超過兩百萬名每日聽眾。
noun + radio/podcast audience usage
Isabela read three emails from listeners who had been hurt by the new policy.
Isabela 讀了三封聽眾來信，那些人因為新政策受到了傷害。
listeners as participatory audience writing in
The jazz station lost half its listeners after switching to a pop format last spring.
那家爵士電台去年春天改成流行樂風格後，流失了一半的聽眾。
listeners as countable audience metric
Podcast listeners in Taipei often play episodes during their long evening commute home.
台北的播客聽眾常在漫長的晚間通勤途中收聽節目。
collocation: podcast listeners
Many older listeners still prefer the BBC World Service to streaming apps on their phones.
許多年長聽眾仍偏好 BBC 國際頻道，而不用手機上的串流軟體。
listeners describing a demographic subset
- million listeners
- regular listeners
- loyal listeners
- podcast listeners
- radio listeners
- speakers
the ones producing the sound rather than receiving it
文法句型
listeners to + [radio/podcast/show]
用法筆記
Almost always plural in this sense — the singular 'a listener' usually refers to one person tuning in, while 'listeners' names the whole audience. Frequently followed by 'to' + the show or station.
常見錯誤
2. people who give their full attention when others speak — especially about feelin
傾聽者
用心聽人說話、給予理解的人
people who give their full attention when others speak — especially about feelings or troubles — and respond with patience and care so the speaker feels heard.
Sora and Eitan are wonderful listeners; their friends often turn to them after a hard day.
Sora 和 Eitan 是很棒的傾聽者，朋友難過時常常找他們聊聊。
common collocation: good/wonderful listeners
The best counselors are patient listeners who never rush you toward a quick answer.
最好的諮商師都是有耐心的傾聽者，從不催你給出答案。
noun + relative clause defining the trait
Ishaan and Rania trained for months to become better listeners on the crisis helpline.
Ishaan 和 Rania 在危機熱線受訓了好幾個月，希望成為更好的傾聽者。
listeners as a skill learners can develop
Children grow up to be kinder when their parents are active listeners at the dinner table.
父母若能在餐桌上當個用心的傾聽者，孩子長大後通常更溫柔體貼。
collocation: active listeners
Esme and Sade make poor listeners at meetings because they keep checking their phones.
Esme 和 Sade 在會議裡是糟糕的傾聽者，因為她們一直在看手機。
negative form: poor listeners + reason
- good listeners
- patient listeners
- active listeners
- poor listeners
- sympathetic listeners
- confidants
stronger — implies trust to share private matters, not just attentive listening
- sympathizers
emphasizes shared feeling rather than the act of listening
- interrupters
people who cut others off rather than letting them finish
文法句型
good/poor + listeners
listeners + who
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 by the qualifier: this sense almost always carries an adjective ('good', 'patient', 'active', 'poor') describing the quality of attention. Without such a qualifier, the radio-audience reading wins.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- radio listeners
- podcast listeners
- regular listeners
- active listeners
常用片語
- dear listeners
- millions of listeners
- good listeners
介系詞搭配
- listeners to
- listeners of