1560s, "base supporting a column, statue, etc.," from Middle French piédestal (1540s), from Italian piedistallo "base of a pillar," from pie "foot" + di "of" + stallo "stall, place, seat," from a Germanic source (see stall (n.1)). Spelling in English influenced by Latin pedem "foot." An Old English word for it was fotstan, literally "foot-stone." Figurative sense of put (someone) on a pedestal "regard as highly admirable" is attested from 1859.
雙語例句
1. That failure knocked me off my pedestal.
那次失敗將我趕下了神壇。
來自柯林斯例句
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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
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(dāng)作偶像崇拜，覺得他們做的一切都是對的。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The politician was knocked off his pedestal by his daughter's statements.
這位政客由于女兒的一席談話而不再受人敬重.
來自辭典例句
5. She put him on a pedestal: she would have died for him.