in the spotlight

1. Literally positioned in a beam of light, typically while performing onstage. The director assured me that I would be in the spotlight for my solo.2. The center of attention. My sister loves being in the spotlight, but I get really nervous on stage. Once news of this scandal breaks, our company will be in the spotlight for months.See also: spotlight

in the spotlight

1. Fig. in the beam of a spotlight, as on a stage. The singer was in the spotlight but the band was almost in the dark. 2. and in the limelight Fig. at the center of attention. (Limelight refers to an obsolete type of spotlight, and the word occurs only in this phrase.) John will do almost anything to get himself into the limelight. I love being in the spotlight. All elected officials spend a lot of time in the limelight.See also: spotlight

in/under the ˈspotlight

getting attention from newspapers, television and the public: Unemployment has once again come under the spotlight. ♢ He’s a shy man, who really doesn’t enjoy being in the spotlight.See also: spotlight

单词	in the spotlight
释义	in the spotlight in the spotlight 1. Literally positioned in a beam of light, typically while performing onstage. The director assured me that I would be in the spotlight for my solo.2. The center of attention. My sister loves being in the spotlight, but I get really nervous on stage. Once news of this scandal breaks, our company will be in the spotlight for months.See also: spotlight in the spotlight 1. Fig. in the beam of a spotlight, as on a stage. The singer was in the spotlight but the band was almost in the dark. 2. and in the limelight Fig. at the center of attention. (Limelight refers to an obsolete type of spotlight, and the word occurs only in this phrase.) John will do almost anything to get himself into the limelight. I love being in the spotlight. All elected officials spend a lot of time in the limelight.See also: spotlight in/under the ˈspotlight getting attention from newspapers, television and the public: Unemployment has once again come under the spotlight. ♢ He’s a shy man, who really doesn’t enjoy being in the spotlight.See also: spotlight
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