n
1 [C] ~ (in sth) (Brit) position of a Reader(3) 教授的职位
*hold, have a readership in Maths 担任数学教授.
2 [sing]
(a) number of readers of a newspaper, periodical, etc （报刊等的）读者人数
*The Daily Echo has a readership of over ten million. 《每日回声报》拥有读者逾一千万人.
(b) number of readers of an author, journalist, etc （作家、新闻工作者的）读者人数
*Len Deighton has/commands a large readership. 莱恩·戴顿有很多读者.

n [U and C]
all the people who read a particular newspaper or magazine regularly
readership of
　a magazine with a readership of 60,000
　They are hoping that the paper will have quite a wide readership .
the job that a Reader has in a British university
　a readership in linguistics