| 单词 | the spotlight |
| 释义 | the spotlight From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe spotlightthe spotlightATTENTIONa lot of attention in newspapers, on television etcin/under the spotlightEducation is once again under the spotlight.put/turn the spotlight on somethingA new report has turned the spotlight on the problem of poverty in the inner cities. → spotlightExamples from the Corpusin/under the spotlight• But this had never required him to put himself in the spotlight.• Compact disc prices under the spotlight.• His blue eyes shimmer in the spotlights.• Just one lone ancestor standing in the spotlight without anyone or anything else the current generation can blame.• Once Raymo saw a slender man standing in the spotlight in front of the sandbags.• An hour later, it was Mr Bush's turn in the spotlight.• Politicians, uncomfortable in the spotlight, publicly back some sort of reform package that might take away a few of their perks. |
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