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
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
2.众人注目的中心
1.the focus of attention or public interest
2.a lamp used as an early form of stage lighting in which quicklime is heated to produce a brilliant light
3.the light that a limelight lamp produces
1.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。
2.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。
3.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。
4.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。
5.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
6.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。
7.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。
8.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。
9.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。
10.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。