limelight

英 ['laɪmlaɪt] 美 ['laɪmlaɪt]

• n. 众人注目的中心；聚光灯；以灰光灯照射的舞台
• v. 使受到注目

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 石灰光
2. 众人注目的中心
3. 石灰光灯
4. 公众注意的中心
5. 聚光灯
6. 灰光灯
7. 注意的中心
8. 以灰光灯照射的舞台
9. 众人注意的中心

v. 动词

1. 把光集中于
2. 使成注目的中心
3. 使受到注目
4. 使显露头角

英英释义

Noun:

1. a focus of public attention;

   "he enjoyed being in the limelight"
   "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"
   

2. a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. She claims she never sought the limelight.
   她说她从不爱出风头。
2. When I was President, I was always in the limelight there was no privacy.
   我当总统时一直为公众瞩目,谈不上私人的生活。
3. That politician has been in the limelight recently because of his strong opinions.
   那位政治家由于持激烈的观点，近来一直引人注目。
4. He is likely to be thrusted into the national political limelight.
   他很有可能被推到国家政治斗争的聚光灯下。

用作动词 (v.)

1. She is limelighted anywhere she goes.
   她走到哪里都受人注目。

经典引文

• We earned..a nice little sum out of Tutankhamen when he was in the limelight.

  出自： E. Lewis

• A puppy will steal the limelight from even a well-loved dog.

  出自： P. Ustinov

词汇搭配

• steal the limelight 吸引注意力
• fond of the limelight 喜欢引人注目,爱出风...
• in the limelight 引人注意

近反义词

【近义词】

• attention 注意
• public interest 公共利益
• fame 名声
• renown 名望
• publicity 公众的注意
• glare 闪耀光
• calcium light 灰光灯
• spotlight 照明灯