[] 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。