[] the number of people that can see or hear sth, buy a product, use a service, etc. (产品或服务等的)购买人数;(节目的)受众◆The company's reach never went beyond 1% of the country's PC market. 这家公司的消费者购买率从来没有超过国内个人电脑市场的 1%。◆The Internet can extend your customer reach in more ways than one. 互联网能在很多方面扩大顾客面。⨁a global / an international / a massive / wide reach 全球/国际/大规模的/广泛的接触率⨁to expand / extend / increase your reach 扩大/扩展/增加顾客人数
reaches [] particular sections of an organization, a system, etc. (组织、系统等的)领域,部门◆An MBA degree is often a passport into the upper reaches of management. 工商管理硕士学位常常是通往高层管理部门的通行证。⨁the higher / lower / upper reaches of sth 某事物的高/低/上层
●beyond/out of sb's ˈreach●beyond/out of (the) reach of sbcosting more than sb can afford 超过支付能力◆Rising property prices have put an ordinary house beyond the reach of many buyers. 不断上涨的房地产价格使许多买家买不起普通房屋。●within sb's ˈreach●within (the) reach of sbcosting an amount that sb can afford 负担得起◆Rising incomes are putting cars within the reach of many more families. 不断增加的收入使更多的家庭能买得起汽车。