n.基架；底座；受人尊敬的地位
vt.擱在臺(tái)上；頌揚(yáng)
The workers put the statue on its pedestal. 工人們把雕像放到基座上。
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。
