A pedestal is the base on which something such as a statue stands.
例句
...a larger than life sized bronze statue on a granite pedestal.安放在花岗岩底座上的比真人尺寸还要大的青铜雕像
N-COUNT
受崇拜/ 不再受崇拜
If you put someone on a pedestal, you admire them very much and think that they cannot be criticized. If someone is knocked off a pedestal they are no longer admired.
例句
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。That failure knocked me off my pedestal.那次失败将我赶下了神坛。
英汉词典释义
n.
(柱子或雕塑等的)底座,基座
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。
把某人奉为完人;盲目崇拜某人
Don’t try to put her on a pedestal, she’s as guilty as the rest of them!别盲目崇拜她了,她跟其他人一样,并不是完人!
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a support or foundation;
"the base of the lamp"
2. a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority);
"they put him on a pedestal"
3. an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)