limelight是什么意思？

limelight

英[ˈlaɪmlaɪt] 美[ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt]

• n. 众人注意的中心，（不）是公众关注的中心，（不）引人注目，石灰光，石灰光灯，白炽灯；
• vt. 使显露头角，使受到注目；

过去式：limelighted; limelit;

过去分词：limelighted; limelit;

现在分词：limelighting;

第三人称单数：limelights;

例句

• If you are married to a Prime Minister, you are always in the limelight. 要是你嫁给某位首相，你就永远都是众人关注的焦点。
• I hated the limelight and found it unbearable. 我讨厌惹人注目, 觉得那实在令人难以忍受。
• Washington worships virtuosos, but it also strangles them with attention and blinds them with limelight. 华盛顿是崇拜名人的, 但奉承之多使人应接不暇,银光灯下使人目眩心迷.
• to be in the limelight 成为公众注目的中心
• She accused her co - star of trying to hog the limelight. 她指责合演的明星企图抢占风头.
• Potential problems of celebrity status are not much of a determent to those seeking limelight. 成名而来的潜在问题对于那些寻求众人瞩目是不会有多大的遏阻.
• 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。
• Now, Bert, quit hogging the limelight. 好了，伯特，别出风头。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  众人注意的中心
  I hated the limelight and found it unbearable. 我讨厌惹人注目, 觉得那实在令人难以忍受。
  (不)是公众关注的中心； ( 不) 引人注目
  If you are married to a Prime Minister, you are always in the limelight. 要是你嫁给某位首相，你就永远都是众人关注的焦点。

英英词典释义

• 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