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Idol Statue Religious People Admire God N Count 可数名词

英语单词 idol
英美音标 英 ['aɪdl] 美 ['aɪdl]
中文释义 n.偶像
n.菩萨
英语例句 (1) The pop singer is the idol of young people.
(2) The youngsters greeted their idol with a hail.
(3) Don't make an idol of money.
(4) The set includes a golden fertility idol pen holder, an Ark of the Convenant business card holder and a Holy Grail paperclip holder.
中文例句 (1) 这位流行歌手成为年轻人崇拜的偶像。
(2) 那群年轻人向他们的偶像欢呼致敬。
(3) 不要崇拜财富。
(4) 该套桌饰包括一个催子菩萨形状的金色笔筒,一个方舟形状的合同名片夹和一个圣杯形状的回形针收集器。
vocabulary简明 An idol can be a religious image or a person who people admire and maybe even seem to worship. A statue of a Hindu god is a religious idol, but Madame Curie is an idol to aspiring scientists.
vocabulary扩展 The word idol comes from the Old French idole for "pagan god," through the Greek eidolon for “reflection in water or a mirror.” In religion, an idol isn’t the real deity but a representation of it. These days, rock stars and celebrities are idols, but so are scientists and writers. If you say Flannery O’ Connor is your idol, you don’t mean you bow down before a statue of the Southern writer, it just means you admire her big time.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]偶像 If you refer to someone such as a film, pop, or sports star as an idol, you mean that they are greatly admired or loved by their fans.
  [usu with supp]
  • A great cheer went up from the crowd as they caught sight of their idol...

    一看到他们的偶像,人群爆发出热烈的欢呼声。

  • He looks more like a stockbroker than a teen idol.

    他看起来不像是青少年偶像,而更像个股票经纪人。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]圣像;神像 An idol is a statue or other object that is worshipped by people who believe that it is a god.
    3
    [PHRASE 短语]堕落的偶像 If you refer to someone as a fallen idol, you mean that they have lost people's respect and admiration because of something bad that they have done.
      [N inflects]
    • He was once worshipped like a god but is now a fallen idol.

      他曾像神一样受崇拜,如今却成了堕落的偶像。

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