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Noun:

a support or foundation;
"the base of the lamp"
a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority);
"they put him on a pedestal"
an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)

2. At the very top of the steps was a bust of Shakespeare on a pedestal.: 就在台阶顶端的基座上有一尊莎士比亚胸像.

3. Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong.: 从童年起，我就把自己的父母当作偶像崇拜，觉得他们做的一切都是对的。

4. The politician was knocked off his pedestal by his daughter's statements.: 这位政客由于女儿的一席谈话而不再受人敬重.

用作名词 (n.)

The workers put the statue on its pedestal.
工人们把雕像放到基座上。
The two images stand on a pedestal facing the west.
两个肖像都座落在面向西面的基架。
Before it could be transported to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built.
在雕像可以运往美国之前，必须给它选个场地，还要建造一个雕像底座。
He put his wife on a pedestal and so was all the more hurt when he found she was capable of deceiving him.
他把妻子当作偶像崇拜，因此当他知道她是在欺骗他时，他受到的打击实在太大了。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

He desired not to be pedestalled, but to sink into the crowd.
他不愿高高在上, 而愿深入到民众当中去。

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