1. I replaced the vase carefully on its pedestal. 我小心地把花瓶放回基座上。
2. Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong. 自童年起我就把我父母当偶像崇拜。我觉得他们不会做错事。
3. "I ask not wherefore, nor how, thou hast fallen into the pit, or say, rather, thou hast ascended to the pedestal of infamy, on which I found thee." He said. “我不对你盘诘,出于什么原因或以何种方式,你堕入了深渊,或者宁可说,你登上了耻辱的刑台,我正是在那儿见到你的。”他说。
4. The statue fell off from the pedestal. 雕像从度座上掉下来。
5. He dismounted a statue from its pedestal. 他从垫座上取下雕像。