pedestal

pedestal

英 ['pedɪst(ə)l]
　　美 ['pɛdɪstl]

n. 基架，基座；基礎
　　vt. 擱在臺上；支持；加座

中文詞源：

pedestal 底座，基座

來自意大利語piedestallo,基座，腳座，來自pie,腳，詞源同foot,de,的，stallo,站立，詞源同stall.後拼寫通俗化。

例句：

1. That failure knocked me off my pedestal.
那次失敗將我趕下瞭神壇。

2. At the very top of the steps was a bust of Shakespeare on a pedestal.
就在臺階頂端的基座上有一尊莎士比亞胸像.

3. Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong.
從童年起，我就把自己的父母當作偶像崇拜，覺得他們做的一切都是對的。

4. 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.

5. She put him on a pedestal: she would have died for him.
她崇拜他: 她寧願為他而死.