limelight
英式音标：[ˈlaɪmlaɪt] 怎么读
美式音标：[ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt] 怎么读
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同根词： limewater
limelight概况
n. 石灰光，石灰光灯；众人注目的中心
vt. 使显露头角，使受到注目
limelight词义
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；
变形
过去式：limelightedlimelit过去分词：limelightedlimelit现在分词：limelighting第三人称单数：limelights
英英释义
limelight[ 'laimlait ]
n.
a focus of public attention
"he enjoyed being in the limelight"
同义词：spotlightglarepublic eye
a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting
同义词：calcium light
limelight用法
词组短语
in the limelight引人注目
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
She claims she never sought the limelight.
她说她从不爱出风头。
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。
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。
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.)
She is limelighted anywhere she goes.
她走到哪里都受人注目。
权威例句
TSLP: finally in the limelight.tRNA transfers to the limelight
From Oblivion into the Limelight: Iron (Domino) Catalysis
Histone chaperones, a supporting role in the limelight
Cancer metabolism: fatty acid oxidation in the limelight
Mitochondrial dysfunction in the limelight of Parkinson's disease pathogenesis.
The adenomatous polyposis coli protein: in the limelight out at the edge
Endocannabinoid signaling in the brain: biosynthetic mechanisms in the limelight.
Progesterone signalling in breast cancer: a neglected hormone coming into the limelight
The gap junction cellular internet: connexin hemichannels enter the signalling limelight
limelight词源
limelight (n.)
1826, popular name for Drummond light, a brilliant light created by the incandescence of lime (n.1); adopted for lighthouses and later for the Victorian stage, where it illuminated the principal actors, hence the figurative sense of "on stage, at the center of attention" (1877).
limelight造句
1. Most of the time, our Bollywood celebrities hog the limelight because of their looks and style.
大多数时候，我们的宝莱坞名人猪，因为他们的外观和风格的风头。
2. PITY Dmitry Medvedev. He is just three weeks from becoming president, and the man he is meant to replace keeps stealing his limelight—and his power.
可怜的梅德韦杰夫，距他成为总统仅剩三个星期，可将要被他取代的那个人却一直在抢他的风头，还有他的权力。
3. He is just three weeks from becoming president, and the man he is meant to replace keeps stealing his limelight—and his power.
还有短短三周,他就将成为总统,但是那个即将被他取代的人还在继续抢他的风头,并且分享他手中的权利.
4. Mrs Beckham, now a fashion designer of note , has stolen the limelight at weddings in the past.
目前身为著名时装设计师的维多利亚曾在多场婚礼中抢走新人的风头。
5. Current, jujube miniascape is on flowers market limelight strong, suffer fully cultivate an angle with agency.
目前，枣树盆景在花卉市场上风头正劲，备受种植户和经销商的追逐。
6. The Leo man always wishes to be in the limelight and they often get it due to their nature.
出于他们的天性和特点，狮子男爱出风头也常常成为人们关注的焦点。
7. Over the past years, Mr. A has been in the limelight for his charitable contributions.
过去多年来，A先生由于对慈善事业的贡献而出尽风头。
8. They must overcome the tendency to seek the limelight.
他们必须克服爱出风头的倾向。
9. So, as I put it, in fact I think I put it this way on the syllabus, participation--and here I mean respectful participation, not hogging the limelight...
所以，像我这么陈述的，事实上，我想我用这种方式在课程表上，参与，在这里我是指尊重的参与，而不是想出风头的那种。
10. That politician has been in the limelight recently because of his strong opinions.
那个政治家因为他的激烈的观点最近较为引人注目。
11. 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。
12. He has never been one to hog the limelight.
他从来就不是一个想拔尖儿出风头的人。
13. 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。
14. Of all the abbreviations used during that time, OK was propelled into the limelight when it was printed in the Boston Morning Post as part of a joke.
在那个年代里被使用的所有缩写之中，OK从它作为一个笑话的一部分被印在《波士顿早报》上开始受到巨大关注。
15. Being in the limelight is not a bad thing.
成为引人瞩目的中心不是一件坏事。
16. I think the actress enjoys being in the limelight.
我想这个女演员喜欢受到大家的注目。
17. 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。
18. IT ISflattering to be thrust into the limelight. It is less flattering if you arethere because your foes think you are an especially bad advertisement for yourparty.
被推到聚光灯下实属荣幸之至，但倘若因为你的敌手认为：对于你的政党而言，你是负面广告，就不那么荣幸了。
19. As she retires from her talk show after 25 years, there are rumours of senatorial ambitions. Oprah will not be out of the limelight for long.
在为之奉献了25年的脱口秀工作中退休后，坊间流传她即将实现她的议员梦。奥普拉从来都不会离开聚光灯太久。
20. A city that in 2008 enjoyed the limelight of a World Expo is now one of Spain’s most troubled.
这个曾经笼罩在2008年世界博览会光环下的城市如今却是西班牙的“问题地区”之一。
21. You may know this film as Limelight.
你也许知道《舞台生涯》这部电影。
22. You may know this film as Limelight.
你也许知道《舞台生涯》这部电影。
23. He was entitled in an hour of triumph to the limelight that had so pitilessly beaten down on him through all his adversities.
在胜利的时刻，他出风头是当之无愧的，但他遭到厄运的时候也未曾逃脱照明灯无情的照射。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
24. It is wiser to keep out of the limelight.
不引人注目更为明智。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
25. steal the show [limelight]
演出时不恰当地突出自己所扮演的角色
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例
26. 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？
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
27. Smart border collie basks in limelight
聪明灵巧记忆力强 博德牧羊犬成大众焦点
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
28. They must overcome the tendency to seek the limelight.
他们必须克服爱出风头的倾向。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
29. I intend to stay that way and leave the limelight to my wife.
我自己宁愿这样，宁愿让我的妻子更引人注目。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
30. The politician is in the limelight showing off.
这位政客是个在众人面前爱出风头的人。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
31. For 3 years he lived in the limelight.
三年里他出够了风头。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
32. She is in the limelight anywhere.
她就爱冒尖儿。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句