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put on pedestal

/ped-uh-stl/US // ˈpɛd ə stl //UK // (ˈpɛdɪstəl) //

奉为上宾,奉为圭臬,奉为神明,上台

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
    • : a supporting structure or piece; base.
    • : Furniture. a support for a desk, consisting of a boxlike frame containing drawers one above the other.a columnar support for a tabletop.
    • : Building Trades. a bulge cast at the bottom of a concrete pile.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ped·es·taled, ped·es·tal·ing or ped·es·talled, ped·es·tal·ling.

    • : to put on or supply with a pedestal.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
admire钦佩,仰慕,佩服,欣赏care for关心,照顾,关注,护理cherish珍惜,珍视,爱惜,珍爱choose选择,挑选,选,选取go for去为,去争取,去找,前往prefer偏爱,喜欢,倾向于,偏向于prize奖品,奖,奖金,奖项treasure宝藏,宝物,宝,宝库worship崇拜,祭拜,礼拜,敬拜adulate崇拜,赏识,崇尚,爱慕canonize归化,归纳为,归纳,命名为deify神化,贬低,贬低自己esteem推崇,崇尚,尊重,尊敬exalt升华,超越,扬扬得意,夸赞fancy花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的glorify荣耀,称颂,颂扬,荣膺idolize偶像化,崇拜,神化,崇拜偶像venerate钦佩,尊敬,崇尚,崇敬be attached to隶属于,附属于,隶属,附于be captivated by迷上,迷上了,迷恋上,迷住了be crazy about迷恋,为之疯狂,为之疯狂的是,痴迷be enamored of醉心于,迷恋,恋慕,醉心于此be enchanted by陶醉于,迷醉于,迷上了,陶醉于此be fascinated with着迷于,醉心于,着迷于此,迷恋be fond of热衷于,喜欢,喜爱,热爱be in love with爱上,钟情于,爱上了,热爱delight in乐在其中,乐于接受,喜悦于,喜悦dote on宠爱,溺爱,疼爱,眷恋fall for堕落为,跌倒了,跌倒在地gone on继续,继续下去了,继续前进,继续下去have affection for眷恋,喜爱,恋慕,疼爱have it bad糟透了,糟糕透顶,糟糕的是,糟糕hold dear握住,捧着,握紧,握住亲爱的hold high高举,高举旗帜,高举着,高举高打long for渴望,渴望着,心情激动的lose one's heart tothink the world of认为世界的,认为世界上的,认为世界上,认为世界thrive with茁壮成长,茁壮成长与,兴旺发达wild for荒野的地方,荒野之城

Examples

  • A great deal of the joy of watching the film is thanks to Mads Mikkelsen, whose face reminds me of a statue you might find carved into rock and resting on a museum pedestal.

  • They build you up too much and put you on that pedestal, and then they knock you down.

  • Heeding Ditka, who would whisper, “they put you on that pedestal and then they knock you down,” is a tricky task.

  • For 15 years, the 35-year-old worked to “put people in their best light, to put them on a pedestal.”

  • Those notions placed women on a pedestal – but also denied them opportunities.

  • But whereas we used to be satisfied gazing on that perfection as it stood up on a pedestal, now we want it down among us.

  • Almost a decade later Olmstead has stepped down from her pedestal to focus more of her time on sports and friends.

  • Her very first sculpture, a metallic chrome unicorn aptly titled “Space Oracle,” sits on a pedestal directly in front.

  • The151-foot newborn waited in the harbor on her 171-foot pedestal, a huge French flag fluttering over her dark copper face.

  • A delicious marble Cupid appeared to have just alighted on his pedestal at the upper end of the room.

  • She resented his sudden drop from his pedestal, for he looked sentimental and somewhat sheepish.

  • Next moment Tom Brown sent a bullet straight into his heart, and his tail made a splendid flourish as he fell off his pedestal!

  • He was sumptuously buried in Kensal Green, where a marble pedestal carries his portrait and his epitaph.

  • Here and there we will find a boulder perched on a pedestal of ice, which indicates a recent down-wearing of the field.

  • The pedestal of this clock represented in bas-relief the birth of astronomy on the Egyptian plains.