- [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.上百人试镜。
- I auditioned and was given the part.我试演后得到了那个角色。
Topics Musicc2 - [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.我们试演了几位优秀的音乐家。
Topics Musicc2, Film and theatrec2 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.