集合的に 聴衆ちょうしゅう, 観客; （ラジオ・テレビの）視聴しちょう者
There was a large [small] audience in the theater.
There was a large [small] audience in the theater.
劇場には大勢[少数]の観客がいた.
⦣ 観客をひとかたまりと考えて単数扱あつかい.
The audience was clapping its hands and shouting.
The audience was clapping its hands and shouting.
聴衆は手をたたき歓声かんせいを上げていた.
The audience were [was] mostly foreigners.
The audience were [was] mostly foreigners.
聴衆はほとんど外国人だった.
⦣ 聴衆の個々人を考えて 英 では複数扱い. 米 ではこういう場合でも単数扱い. 