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audition

noun
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  1. a short performance given by an actor, a singer, etc., so that somebody can decide whether they are suitable to act in a play, sing in a concert, etc.（拟进行表演者的）试演，试唱，试音
    • Auditions will be held from 9–12 on Friday.试镜将于周五9-12点举行。
    • She had an audition for drama school.她参加了戏剧学校的试镜。
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    • We're holding auditions for new actors.我们在为挑选新演员而进行试演。
    • an audition with the Royal Ballet在皇家芭蕾舞团进行的试演
    • I had a letter four days later to say I had passed the audition.四天后我有一封信说我通过了试镜。
    • She had an audition for a small part in a soap opera.她在肥皂剧中有一小部分试听。
    • You need to choose your audition piece carefully.您需要仔细选择试听片段。
    Topics Musicc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • ballet
    • singing
    • band
    • …
    verb + audition
    • do
    • get
    • go for
    • …
    audition + noun
    • tape
    preposition
    • audition for
    • audition with
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘power of hearing or listening’): from Latin auditio(n-), from audire ‘hear’. The current sense of the noun dates from the late 19th cent.

audition

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they audition
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he / she / it auditions
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past simple auditioned
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past participle auditioned
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-ing form auditioning
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  1. [intransitive] audition (for something) to take part in an audition试演；试唱；试音
    • She was auditioning for the role of Lady Macbeth.她试演了麦克白夫人的角色。🔊🔊
    • Hundreds of people auditioned.数百人试镜。
    • I auditioned and was given the part.我试演后得到了那个角色。
    Topics Musicc2
  2. [transitive] audition somebody (for something) to watch, listen to and judge somebody at an audition对（某人）面试；让（某人）试演（或试唱、试音）
    • We auditioned over 200 children for the part.我们为这个角色面试了 200 多名儿童。🔊🔊
    • We auditioned several excellent musicians.我们试听了几位优秀的音乐家。
    Topics Musicc2, Film and theatrec2
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘power of hearing or listening’): from Latin auditio(n-), from audire ‘hear’. The current sense of the noun dates from the late 19th cent.