耀久九英英词典

pedestals

P 开头单词

基本解释

  • n.基架；底座；受人尊敬的地位
  • vt.搁在台上；颂扬

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英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • The workers put the statue on its pedestal.
    工人们把雕像放到基座上。
  • The two images stand on a pedestal facing the west.
    两个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.
    在雕像可以运往美国之前，必须给它选个场地，还要建造一个雕像底座。
  • He put his wife on a pedestal and so was all the more hurt when he found she was capable of deceiving him.
    他把妻子当作偶像崇拜，因此当他知道她是在欺骗他时，他受到的打击实在太大了。

    • 用作及物动词 (vt.)

  • He desired not to be pedestalled, but to sink into the crowd.
    他不愿高高在上, 而愿深入到民众当中去。