n.[C]
- 【建】柱腳
- (雕像等的)墊座,臺座
- (尤指作為偶像崇拜的)顯要地位
She put him on a
pedestal: she would have died for him.
她崇拜他:她寧願為他而死。
vt.
- 把……放在臺座上
- 頌揚
片語
knock sb. off his pedestal
- 使某人不再受尊重
The politician was
knocked off his pedestal by his daughter's statements.
這位政客由於女兒的一席談話而不再受人敬重。
place/put/set sb. on a pedestal
- 崇拜某人
I
put you on a pedestal: I would have died for you.
我曾崇拜你,願意為你而死。
辨析
n.
- the base or support on which a statue, obelisk, or column is mounted.
▸a position in which someone is greatly or uncritically admired:
you shouldn't put him on a pedestal.
- each of the two supports of a kneehole desk or table.
- the supporting column or base of a washbasin or toilet pan.
Etymology
C16: from Fr. piédestal, from Ital. piedestallo, from piè ‘foot’ + di ‘of’ + stallo ‘stall’.