spotlight
noun /ˈspɒtlaɪt/
/ˈspɑːtlaɪt/
- enlarge image(also informal spot)[countable] a light with a single, very bright beam that can be directed at a particular place or person, especially a performer on the stage
聚光灯 - The room was lit by spotlights.
房间被聚光灯照亮。 - When the stage is dimmed, spotlights are used to create a tight arc of light.
当舞台变暗时，聚光灯被用来产生一个紧密的光弧。
Topics Film and theatrec1- It was hot under the spotlights.
聚光灯下很热。 - They shone the spotlight on a woman at the back of the audience.
他们把聚光灯照在后排观众席上的一位女子身上。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + spotlight- shine
- step into
- be on somebody/something
- fall on somebody/something
- shine on somebody/something
- …
- in the spotlight
- under the spotlight
- The room was lit by spotlights.
- the spotlight[uncountable] the area of light that is made by a spotlight
聚光灯照亮的地方；聚光灯照明圈 - in the spotlight She stood alone on stage in the spotlight.
她独自站在舞台的聚光灯下。 - He stepped into the spotlight to the wild applause of the crowd.
在观众极度兴奋的欢呼声中，他出现在聚光灯下。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + spotlight- shine
- step into
- be on somebody/something
- fall on somebody/something
- shine on somebody/something
- …
- in the spotlight
- under the spotlight
- in the spotlight She stood alone on stage in the spotlight.
- the spotlight[uncountable] attention from newspapers, television and the public
媒体和公众的注意 - in the spotlight Unemployment is once again in the spotlight.
失业问题再次受到人们的关注。 - under the spotlight The issue will come under the spotlight when parliament reassembles.
等议会重开的时候，这个问题将成为焦点。 - The report has turned the spotlight on the startling rise in street crime.
这篇报道使人们将关注的目光投向街头犯罪激增的问题。 - She was happy to share the spotlight with her sister.
她很高兴和姐姐分享聚光灯。
- He accused her of hogging the spotlight.
他怪她抢风头。 - He will want to keep the spotlight on the divisions within the party.
他希望能继续关注党内的分歧。 - She was suddenly thrust into the political spotlight.
她突然成了政治焦点。 - The President has never been one to shun the spotlight.
总统从来都不是能躲避公众关注的角色。 - The affair is now out of the spotlight.
这件事已不再是公众关注的焦点。 - The captain had to share the spotlight with the new young star.
队长不得不和这名年轻的新星分享公众的关注。 - The quality of food in the shops is back in the spotlight.
商店里食物的质量重新引起了人们的关注。 - These revelations threw a spotlight on the shakiness of the economy.
这些被披露的内情使经济的不稳定成为公众关注的焦点。 - This issue will come under the spotlight at tomorrow's meeting.
这个问题将成为明天会议的焦点。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- harsh
- international
- national
- …
- come into
- come under
- be thrust into
- …
- be on somebody/something
- fall on somebody/something
- shine on somebody/something
- …
- away from the spotlight
- in the spotlight
- under the spotlight
- …
- in the spotlight Unemployment is once again in the spotlight.
