pedestalling

n. 基架；底座；受人尊敬的地位

vt. 擱在臺(tái)上；頌揚(yáng)

英語翻譯

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)

造句

用作名詞(n.)

The workers put the statue on its pedestal.
工人們把雕像放到基座上。
The two images stand on a pedestal facing the west.
兩個(gè)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.
在雕像可以運(yùn)往美國之前，必須給它選個(gè)場地，還要建造一個(gè)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.
他把妻子當(dāng)作偶像崇拜，因此當(dāng)他知道她是在欺騙他時(shí)，他受到的打擊實(shí)在太大了。

用作及物動(dòng)詞(vt.)

He desired not to be pedestalled, but to sink into the crowd.
他不愿高高在上, 而愿深入到民眾當(dāng)中去。

常用短語

組詞

Now the games-captain was tottering if not already fallen from the pedestal.
出自：J. Hilton
Women before marriage were princesses on pedestals.
出自：A. S. Dale

近義反義詞

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