pedestal

US [ˈpedɪst(ə)l]
UK ['pedɪst(ə)l]
  • n.基座
  • v.把…搁在架上；给…加台脚；支持
  • Web底座；基础；台座
Plural Form：pedestals  Past Tense：pedestaled  Past Tense：pedestalled  

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pedestal
n.
1.
（柱子或雕塑等的）底座，基座the base that a column, statue, etc. rests on
a pedestal basin(= a washbasin supported by a column)
有底座的洗脸盆
I replaced the vase carefully on its pedestal.
我小心地把花瓶放回基座上。
IDM
to put/place sb on a pedestal
把某人奉为完人；盲目崇拜某人to admire sb so much that you do not see their faults

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AllAll,基座基座,把…搁在架上把…搁在架上,给…加台脚给…加台脚,支持支持,底座底座,基础基础,台座台座
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1.
The trouble was that he set her on a pedestal. Then when he found that she had a few faults like everyone else, he was disillusioned.
问题在于他起初认为她完美无瑕，后来，他发现她像别人一样她有缺点时，便感到希望破灭了。
wèn tí zài yú tā qǐ chū rèn wéi tā wán měi wú xiá , hòu lái , tā fā xiàn tā xiàng bié rén yí yàng tā yǒu quē diǎn shí , biàn gǎn dào xī wàng pò miè le 。
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2.
Dan puts me on a pedestal. If he knew the truth, he would never look at me again.
Dan把我当女神来看，他要知道真相他肯定不会理我了。
Dan bǎ wǒ dāng nǚ shén lái kàn , tā yào zhī dào zhēn xiàng tā kěn dìng bú huì lǐ wǒ le 。
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3.
The best kind of flirtation with a woman is to tease her, to bust her balls, to let her know that she is not on a pedestal.
对女人的最佳调情方法就是逗弄她，开她的玩笑，以让她知道她不是被宠坏的公主。
duì nǚ rén de zuì jiā diào qíng fāng fǎ jiù shì dòu nong tā , kāi tā de wán xiào , yǐ ràng tā zhī dào tā bú shì bèi chǒng huài de gōng zhǔ 。
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4.
He put his wife on a pedestal and so was all the more hurt when he found she was capable of deceiving him.
他太宠妻子了，因此当他知道她是在欺骗他时，他受到的打击实在太大了。
tā tài chǒng qī zi le , yīn cǐ dāng tā zhī dào tā shì zài qī piàn tā shí , tā shòu dào de dǎ jī shí zài tài dà le 。
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5.
Installing the front should check each pedestal electrical engineering hull and surface exchangers has no harm, rust eclipse etc. Blemish.
安装前应检查每台电机壳体及表面交换器有无损伤、锈蚀等缺陷。
ān zhuāng qián yīng jiǎn chá měi tái diàn jī qiào tǐ jí biǎo miàn jiāo huàn qì yǒu wú sǔn shāng 、 xiù shí děng quē xiàn 。
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6.
There's an old saying that putting someone on a pedestal makes it a lot easier to get kicked in the head.
俗话说，把某人当偶像来崇拜可以让当头一棒变的好受一点。
sú huà shuō , bǎ mǒu rén dāng ǒu xiàng lái chóng bài kě yǐ ràng dāng tóu yí bàng biàn de hǎo shòu yì diǎn 。
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7.
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。
zài diāo xiàng kě yǐ yùn wǎng měi guó zhī qián , bì xū gěi tā xuǎn gè chǎng dì , hái yào jiàn zào yī gè diāo xiàng dǐ zuò 。
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8.
The thought has arisen upon a strong pedestal of the sacrifices of the great martyrs .
这一思想是建立在伟大的烈士们所付出牺牲的坚强基础之上的。
zhè yī sī xiǎng shì jiàn lì zài wěi dà de liè shì men suǒ fù chū xī shēng de jiān qiáng jī chǔ zhī shàng de 。
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9.
The fracture of a spring in manipulating pedestal of a main throttle valve used for steam turbine was studied.
对某电厂汽轮机主汽门操纵座弹簧的断裂失效进行了分析。
duì mǒu diàn chǎng qì lún jī zhǔ qì mén cāo zòng zuò tán huáng de duàn liè shī xiào jìn xíng le fēn xī 。
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10.
But in the last two decades Chicago Bulls basketball star Michael Jordan has knocked the legendary crime boss from his pedestal.
但在最近二十年里，来自芝加哥公牛队的篮球明星迈克尔乔丹一脚就把这个传奇犯罪头目踢下宝座。
dàn zài zuì jìn èr shí nián lǐ , lái zì zhī jiā gē gōng niú duì de lán qiú míng xīng mài kè ěr qiáo dān yī jiǎo jiù bǎ zhè ge chuán qí fàn zuì tóu mù tī xià bǎo zuò 。
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