n.基架；底座；受人尊敬的地位

vt.擱在臺上；頌揚

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. 在雕像可以運往美國之前，必須給它選個場地，還要建造一個雕像底座。

He put his wife on a pedestal and so was all the more hurt when he found she was capable of deceiving him. 他把妻子當作偶像崇拜，因此當他知道她是在欺騙他時，他受到的打擊實在太大了。

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