Audition



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 演员等) 试唱、试演
• ［英］ n. ( 演员等) 试唱、试演 ( a hearing to test the fitness of an actor)
• ［记］ audit ( 听) +ion -> 听 ( 新演员) 唱 -> 试唱
• ［同］ 同根词: auditorium ( 大讲堂) ; audit ( 旁听)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin audition-, auditio, from audire
• Date: 1599
• 1. the power or sense of hearing
• 2. the act of hearing; especially a critical hearing an audition of new recordings
• 3. a trial performance to appraise an entertainer's merits

II. verb (auditioned; auditioning)

• Date: 1934
• transitive verb
  • to test or try out especially in an audition audition a trumpeterauditioning stereo equipment
• intransitive verb
  • to give a trial performance audition for a film role

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