spotlight
n
1 (also spot) [C]
(lamp used for sending a) strong beam of light directed onto a particular place or person, eg on the stage of a theatre 聚光燈(的光)(如舞臺(tái)上的). =>illus at App 1 見(jiàn)附錄1插圖, page ix.
2 the spotlight [sing]
(fig 比喻) full attention or publicity 大家的注意
a sportsman who likes to be in the spotlight 愛(ài)出風(fēng)頭的運(yùn)動(dòng)員
This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion. 本周引人矚目的是時(shí)裝界. spotlight, v (pt, pp spotlit or, esp in sense 2, spotlighted 亦作spotlighted, 尤用於下述第2義) [Tn]
1 direct a spotlight onto (sb/sth) 將聚光燈射向(某人[某物])
a spotlit stage 有聚光照明的舞臺(tái).
2 (fig 比喻) draw attention to (sth); make conspicuous or obvious 使注意(某事物); 使突出或顯眼
The report has spotlighted real deprivation in the inner cities. 這篇報(bào)道披露了舊城區(qū)的貧困真相.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['sp?tlait]n. 照明燈, 反光燈, 聚光燈相關(guān)詞組: in the spotlight