SPOTLIGHT


Meaning of SPOTLIGHT in English

noun

1 lamp

VERB + SPOTLIGHT

▪ shine

They shone the ~ on a woman at the back of the audience.

▪ step into

He stepped into the ~ to the wild applause of the crowd.

SPOTLIGHT + VERB

▪ be on sb/sth , fall on sb/sth , shine on sb/sth

PREPOSITION

▪ in the ~ , under the ~

It was hot under the ~s.

2 public attention/interest

ADJECTIVE

▪ harsh

After the defeat, he tried to avoid the harsh ~ of the media.

▪ international , national , public

▪ media , political

VERB + SPOTLIGHT

▪ come into , come under (both esp. BrE )

This issue will come under the ~ at tomorrow's meeting.

▪ be thrust into , step into , take

She was suddenly thrust into the political ~.

▪ bring sth into

▪ focus , put , shine , throw , turn

These revelations threw a ~ on the shakiness of the economy.

▪ keep

He will want to keep the ~ on the divisions within the party.

▪ share

The captain had to share the ~ with the new young star.

▪ grab , hog , steal

He accused her of hogging the ~.

▪ shun , shy away from

The President has never been one to shun the ~.

SPOTLIGHT + VERB

▪ be on sb/sth , fall on sb/sth , shine on sb/sth , turn on sb/sth

PREPOSITION

▪ away from the ~

▪ in the ~ , under the ~

The quality of our food is back in the ~.

▪ out of the ~

The affair is now out of the ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .