limelight
美 ['laɪmlaɪt] 
英 ['laɪmlaɪt]
词形变化
复数：limelights 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 公众注意的中心the centre of public attention |
| to be in the limelight 成为公众注目的中心 |
| to stay out of the limelight 避免引人注目 |
| to steal/hog the limelight(= take attention away from other people) 把公众的注意力吸引过来 |
英汉解释
na. | 1. (旧时用燃烧石灰的办法照明舞台的)石灰光,灰光灯;舞台照明,聚光灯;舞台上照明部分 |
英英解释
例句
When May became the limelight of the dancing ball, she was as proud as a peacock.
当May成为舞会中的焦点时，她便有如孔雀般骄傲起来。
as to the foreigners in china , it all right no matter how much they like to be in the limelight.
至于在中国的外国人他们再喜欢出锋头也没有关系。
But Russian commentators say that Mr. Kim's visit does at least have the advantage of prying him out of hiding and into the limelight.
但俄罗斯的评论人士认为，这次访问至少有一个好处，那就是让金正日从藏身之处走到了聚光灯下。
I welcome the limelight of television, but I doubt if an ideal mate can be matched through such a game show.
我很高兴它成为电视节目的注目中心，但我很怀疑通过这样的节目能否找到理想的另一半。
What would you do if I gave it all to you and I traded in the limelight?
如果我给你所有并且我在聚光灯下交易你将会做什么
And with his new TV show, Maradona, 45, has returned to the limelight after years of dealing with cocaine addiction and health problems.
这使现年45岁的马拉多纳在深受吸食毒品和健康问题困扰多年之后又重新成为万众瞩目的焦点。
The media [started portraying] Sarkozy as a vulgar, insecure celebrity-worshipper focused only on himself and his place in the limelight.
媒体开始把萨科奇描绘成为一个庸俗的人，一个只关注自己和其万众瞩目的地位且爱慕虚荣的不可靠的家伙。
But maybe I am ready to step out of the limelight a little bit, away from the cameras.
但可能我会远离一点媒体的聚光灯，远离摄像机。
A man who shuns the limelight, Mo Yan hoped that the hype would die down in a month so he could return to writing.
躲开聚光灯的莫言希望大肆的媒体报道可以在一个月后逐渐沉寂，那时他可以继续写作。
Porn on videotape changed all that, and the public desire for cable repairman schlong pulled the entire format into the limelight.
色情录像带改变了这一切，公众对电线修理工渴望已久使得整个录像机规格问题成为全城焦点。
As they receded from view, health took centre stage and continued to hog the limelight for almost a year.
随着这些决定慢慢退出人们的视线，医疗保健改革问题占据了舞台的中心，并且在将近一年的时间里出尽了风头。
Since she has spent much of her political life behind the scenes, little can be said about her ability to cope with the limelight.
由于迪尔玛大多数时间都是在幕后进行政治工作，所以无法评判她在聚光灯下的能力。
He preferred to stay out of the limelight and operate from the shadows, while many of his peers took a far more direct approach.
他更愿意避开公众的视线在后台进行操作，而他的大部分同僚采取了更为直接的方法。
Focus on his person merely takes the limelight away from the serious issues on which he worked on.
把精力浪费在他私人生活上只会让我们远离他所关注的那些真正严肃的问题。
A firm and an industry that had become accustomed to obscurity will have to get used to the limelight.
这家习惯于默默无闻的公司以及代工产业已经无法回避被关注的命运。
The system is integrated with LimeLight content delivery network & files can be selected to be served faster via this network.
该系统集成了LimeLight内容分发网络以及通过此网络选择服务更快的分发文件。
But decisive contests for world power are actually taking place in the realm of high technology, away from the media limelight.
但是，对世界强国间的竞争，起决定作用的实际上是高科技领域，而不是媒体关注的中心。
But his bench is considered a strong management team that has largely stayed out of the limelight until now.
但他的后备队伍也被认为是一支强大的管理团队，只是基本上都处在聚光灯以外，一直到现在才引起关注。
The poor guy has been out of the limelight for years now, desperately vying for attention against the iPhone and iPad.
这个可怜的家伙已经在聚光灯下消失了N年了，拼命的和iPhone和iPad争眼球。
BAN KI-MOON has hardly been a limelight-stealer during his 10 months as secretary-general of the United Nations.
联合国秘书长潘基文已经任职十个月了，却几乎没有引人注目。
Who was this remarkable physicist so abruptly cast into the limelight by the scientific events of 1919?
这位因1919年的科学事件一下子变得举世瞩目的物理学家，究竟是个什么样的人呢？
It may be that we don't receive as much limelight as the midfielders at other clubs, but we're league champions.
也许我们的中场没有得到那么多认可，但我们是冠军。
She will also bring with her 19 powerful committee chairmen who are itching for the limelight after 12 years in the dark.
她的就任也激起了19个委员会主席的欲望，因为他们在经历了12年的下野时间里都渴望着这引人注目的一瞬间。
Is the limelight of fame, the endorsement of celebrities really worth the discarding of any principle of integrity and honesty?
众人注目的名望和名人的支持真的值得抛弃任何诚信和诚实的原则吗？
Looking for a way back into the sun, into the limelight, back onto the winner's podium.
寻找重回阳光之下，再度成为公众焦点，再次坐上赢家宝座的方式。
ANYONE who thought that his wife's run for the presidency would cause Bill Clinton to avoid the limelight has been proved utterly wrong.
事实证明，假如有人以为比尔·克林顿会因为夫人竞选总统就不会再抛头露面，那就大错特错了。
Donatella Versace has moved from the background to the limelight, flawlessly carrying on her older brother's legacy.
多纳泰拉·范思哲已经从幕后走到了中心，矢志不移地继续着她哥哥的产业。
Many vibrant, purely private companies have sprung up despite this uncertainty, but take care to stay out of the limelight.
尽管如此。一些私有企业仍然大量涌现，但是一定要远离聚光灯。
SHE may not be the star of the movie, but Nana Katase stole the limelight with her sexy long legs.
SHE可能不会成为一部电影中的焦点，但片濑那奈却以一双性感傲人的长腿转移了镁光灯的聚焦。
Early signs of trouble were seen in sophisticated markets that don't get much limelight, like the subprime-mortgage bond market.
从过去的情况看，问题的萌芽都出现在很少有人关注的复杂市场，比如次级抵押贷款债券市场。
Though general magazines take the limelight, by far the largest number of periodicals are of the type that cater to specialist interests.
虽然一般性杂志最引人注目，但数量最大的期刊则是满足专业需要的刊物。
MDR stands for multi-drug resistance, and it is one of the reasons why TB is back in the limelight.
MDR是指多药物抗药性，这个问题也是肺结核又重新受人们关注得原因之一。
"I don't think [other leaders] will enjoy the prospect of not being able to share the limelight with the US president. "
“我不认为，[其他领导人]会对于不能和美国总统一起露面感到高兴。”
The 700-page result, "Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power, " shows they were as much rivals as partners and sparred for the limelight.
这个七百页的成果《尼克森与季辛吉：权力夥伴》显示，两人亦敌亦友，也互抢聚光灯。
"A sustained outflow of funds from private investors would allow the Chinese state to take a step out of the limelight, " said Mr Williams.
资本经济的马克•威廉姆斯（MarkWilliams）称：“私人投资者资金的持续外流将使中国政府稍微淡出人们关注的焦点。”
Such people also like the limelight, in a stable social or business, they always stand fast, for fear that no one paid attention to him.
这种人也喜欢出风头，在稳定的社会或企业中，他们总是很快表明立场，生怕没有人注意他。
She's afraid this actor will steal the limelight from her. caution n.
她害怕新演员会抢走她的光彩。
While some races have enjoyed basking in the limelight of these rumors, there is actually no scientific basis of this myth.
虽然一些种族享受着沐浴在谣言的聚光灯下的感觉，但这些谣传没有任何科学依据。
They're not household names, but they have big jobs that will thrust them into the limelight whether they like it or not.
他们不是家喻户晓的人物，但不管他们喜欢与否，他们所承担的重要职位，都将让他们成为众人关注的焦点。
She's afraid this new actor will steal the limelight from her.
她害怕新的演员会抢走她的光彩。
The COO is not there to hog the limelight. It is to a great extent an internally focused role.
首席运营官不是要吸引人们的注意力，它在很大程度上是一个关注内部的角色。
