汉译英常见错误 | 剧院里有许多观众

[译] 剧院里有许多观众。
[误] There were many audiences in the theatre.

[正] There was large audience in the theatre.
[注] audience 表示“一次性集中在一起听演说、看电影等的听众或观众”，如果加 s，就是指“几批的听众或观众”，所以误句中用 audiences 不符合句子的含义。