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In the limelight (引人注目)

In the limelight 意思是引人注目或成为众人注意的目标；从前没有白色的电灯，发光的是用heating lime造成。而现在舞台上都是强烈的电力聚光灯（spot-light）去照有名的演员，因此in the limelight 与to be in the spot-light  意义相同

I think the actress enjoys being in the limelight.

When he was President, he was always in the limelight---there was no privacy.

练习新概念英语2

1.  They were arranging the ____ at the company's annual dealer.

A  congress  B convention   C conference   D assembly 

2.  He old man is _____ of hearing.

A  boring  B dark  C low  D dull

3. 用所给的词填空，必要时做些改变

invariably  intensely deliberately

1)Mary wanted to embarrass her friend so she ______ spilt coffee on her dress.

2)  Whenever I give a speech, and however careful I am, I ____offend someone in the audience.

3)  She dislikes her French teacher ______ because he keeps correcting her pronunciation.

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1 B convention 会议，大会的意思，常指某一个团体或者政党为某一个目的而召开的会议，也指学术团体的年会；C congress 代表大会，会议，指各社会团体或国家的代表的正式会议，以交流情况或意见；assembly 集会，指一个计划好的，为一共同目的而召集的会议；conference 讨论会，协商会，指更多的人为讨论某个问题而开的会。

2 D 句意：这老人耳朵不灵。dull 愚钝，头脑迟钝的；boring 乏味的；dark 黑暗的；low 低的
dull 一般用词，指本来很锐利的，后来变得不锋利了，用于比喻，指不敏捷；blunt 钝的，不锋利的，指本来就不锐利的，也用于指人的性格率直

3 1) deliberately adv.故意地
2) invariably adv.不变地, 总是n.总是
3) intensely adv.激烈地, 热情地