put..into sharp relief怎么解释才好？

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TIME一篇文章出现以下字句：
The new spill puts into sharp relief the same question that
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has stalemated the ANWR debate since the 1980s.
这里我晓得作者是把into sharp relief提前，
但实在推敲不出这里是什么意思，
请问有谁能一解迷津呢？ 谢谢！！

Throw/ put something into sharp relief

　　"Sharp relief"意为"清晰，明了，清楚地意识到"，那么throw/put something into sharprelief的意思就是"清楚地意识到某事，使某事清晰、明了，突出某事"，例如：Septr 11 threw the deficiencies oft he US security system into sharp relief.