网络时代的各种“出风头

 　　seek publicity¹ 求名/出风头

　　We don't seek publicity for what we do.

　　我们不要求做什么宣传。

　　steal the spotlight² 抢风头/吸引注意力

　　But its focus on the emerging economies may soon steal the spotlight.

　　但它对新兴经济体的关注可能很快就会吸引世人的注意力。

　　seek the limelight 出风头/爱出风头

　　They must overcome the tendency to seek the limelight.

　　他们必须克服爱出风头的倾向。

　　make a hit 出风头/大获成功

　　Although he wants to make a hit, I think he hasn't got much to show off.

　　虽然他想大出风头，不过我以为他没有什么可炫耀的。

　　cut a smart figure 表现出色/显得突出/惹人注目

　　Jerry thinks he cuts quite a figure with the ladies in his new mohair suit.

　　杰里认为他身着马海毛西装与女士们一起很出风头。

　　push oneself forward 突出自己/表现自己

　　He wants to push himself forward and be different from the others.

　　他就爱出风头，搞个人突出。

　　hogging³ the limelight 出风头

　　Now, Bert, quit hogging the limelight.

　　好了，伯特，别出风头

　　court publicity 自我宣传/求名/沽名钓誉

　　Having spent a lifetime avidly⁴ courting publicity, Paul has suddenly become secretive.

　　保罗一生都在想方设法出风头，现在却突然行事低调了。

　　exhibitionist 你喜欢出风头的人/倾向自我宣传的人

　　I'm an exhibitionist, and I get off on the entertainment we give people.

　　我这人爱出风头，能让大家高兴我就觉得很来劲儿。

　　cut a dash 大出风头/铺张门面

　　He cut a dash with fine clothes.

　　他穿华丽的衣服大出风头。

　　steal the show 大出风头/喧宾夺主

　　The world's top 400-meter hurdler stole the show at the track and field meet.

　　在这次田径运动会上，这位世界头号400米跨栏运动员大出风头。

1 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

2 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

3 hogging   

n.弯[翘]曲，挠度，扭曲；拱曲

参考例句：

• At first glance, the spotlight-hogging boss seems the villain. 乍一看，好抢镜头的上司似乎是个反面人物。 来自辞典例句
• This guy has been 5 hogging the bathroom for 25 minutes! 那家伙霸占着洗手间25分钟了！ 来自互联网

4 avidly   

adv.渴望地，热心地

参考例句：

• She read avidly from an early age—books, magazines, anything. 她从小就酷爱阅读——书籍、杂志，无不涉猎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her melancholy eyes avidly scanned his smiling face. 她说话时两只忧郁的眼睛呆呆地望着他的带笑的脸。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）