| 单词 | to put on a pedestal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put (also place, etc.) on a pedestal c. A position of being admired or exalted, esp. to an unwarranted or exaggerated degree. Chiefly in to put (also place, etc.) on a pedestal: to accord particular or excessive respect or admiration to; to treat (someone) as if an ideal rather than a real person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > regard as important to lay prize, store upona1307 counta1400 regard1509 esteema1568 to put (also place, etc.) on a pedestal1811 to give (full, due) weight to1885 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)] > greatly or immoderately worshipc1450 to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) onc1525 deify1590 idolize1605 idolatrize1615 reverence1748 pedestal1802 to put (also place, etc.) on a pedestal1811 1811 M. Brunton Self-control II. xxx. 336 As long as you are determined to worship De Courcy, you'll never listen to any thing that brings him down from his pedestal. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien 727 in Idylls of King Because of that high pleasure which I had To seat you sole upon my pedestal Of worship. 1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. 158 This is to put friendship on a pedestal indeed. 1916 G. B. Shaw Pygmalion 205 She wishes she could get him alone..and just drag him off his pedestal and see him making love like any common man. 1930 A. Roosevelt in H. Powell Last Paradise p. xiii In the United States we are so used to work that we can't conceive of life without it. We have placed work on a pedestal. It is our God. 1990 Evangelical Times Mar. 15/4 The moment he puts himself up on a pedestal as if he thinks he is better than his congregation, he will lose all his effectiveness. < as lemmas |
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