pedestal

崇拝の対象

実際より優れている、完璧だと思われるほど、人から強く崇められる立場。

やさしい英語で： A position of great admiration, often treating someone as better or more perfect than they really are.

• Fans put him on a pedestal.
• She refuses to place any leader on a pedestal.
• The new biography knocked the hero off his pedestal.

使い方： put someone on a pedestal (She puts her older brother on a pedestal.); knock someone off their pedestal (The scandal knocked the actor off his pedestal.)

よく使う表現： on a pedestal, put on a pedestal

台座

像や花瓶などを支える、高くなった土台。

やさしい英語で： A raised base that supports a statue, vase, or similar object.

• The statue stands on a pedestal.
• They placed the vase on a marble pedestal.
• The museum displays each sculpture on a separate pedestal.

類義語： base, stand, plinth

よく使う表現： stone pedestal, on a pedestal, statue pedestal, marble pedestal

台座に載せる、崇める

物を高い土台に載せること。また、人を強く崇めること。

やさしい英語で： To place or support something on a raised base, or treat someone as worthy of great admiration.

• They pedestaled the statue in the garden.
• Each small sculpture was pedestaled above the floor.
• The poem pedestals its hero as a model of courage.

類義語： raise, elevate

よく使う表現： pedestal a statue, pedestal a sculpture, pedestal someone