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。