- (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，聚光灯用于产生紧密的弧光。
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrec1It 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。
Oxford 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 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。
Oxford 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
- 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. 她很高兴与姐姐分享聚光灯。
Extra ExamplesHe 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。
Oxford 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
