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Limelight I Center Attention 英 Laɪmlaɪt] 美 Laɪmlaɪt N.众人注目的中心;聚光灯;以灰光灯照射的舞台

英语单词 limelight
英美音标 英 ['laɪmlaɪt] 美 ['laɪmlaɪt]
中文释义 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
英语例句 (1) She claims she never sought the limelight.
(2) When I was President, I was always in the limelight there was no privacy.
(3) That politician has been in the limelight recently because of his strong opinions.
(4) He is likely to be thrusted into the national political limelight.
(5) She is limelighted anywhere she goes.
中文例句 (1) 她说她从不爱出风头。
(2) 我当总统时一直为公众瞩目,谈不上私人的生活。
(3) 那位政治家由于持激烈的观点,近来一直引人注目。
(4) 他很有可能被推到国家政治斗争的聚光灯下。
(5) 她走到哪里都受人注目。
vocabulary简明 To be in the limelight is to be at the center of public attention. It might make you a little jealous if your best friend's acting career suddenly puts her in the limelight.
vocabulary扩展 When a newly popular musician finds himself in the limelight, he might be surprised at all the attention. Someone who's in the limelight is constantly being talked about, interviewed, and photographed. In the early 1800's, theater stages were lit by heating a cylinder of the mineral called lime — the result was an intensely bright white light. The word limelight came to have its figurative meaning of "at the center of attention" in 1877.
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]公众注意的中心 If someone is in the limelight, a lot of attention is being paid to them, because they are famous or because they have done something very unusual or exciting.
  [usu prep the N]
  • Tony has now been thrust into the limelight, with a high-profile job.

    托尼现在一下子成了众人关注的中心,因为他有一份经常出镜、见报的工作。

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