the centre of public attention 公衆注意的中心 - in the limelight
to be in the limelight 成爲公衆注目的中心 - out of the limelight
to stay out of the limelight 避免引人注目 to steal/hog the limelight (= take attention away from other people) 把公衆的注意力吸引過來
Extra ExamplesHe was never a man to seek the limelight. 他從來就不是愛出風頭的人。 She accused her co-star of trying to hog the limelight. 她指責合演的明星企圖搶風頭。 She likes being in the limelight. 她喜歡受人關注。 The band started touring again after two years out of the limelight. 沉寂兩年之後,這個樂隊又開始了巡回演出。 She was just an ordinary person who was suddenly thrust into the limelight. 她只是一個突然被推到聚光燈下的普通人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + limelight- grab
- hog
- steal
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- into the limelight
- in the limelight
- out of the limelight
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- in the limelight