Idol
['aɪd(ə)l] or ['aɪdl]
解释:
(noun.) a material effigy that is worshipped; 'thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image'; 'money was his god'.
(noun.) someone who is adored blindly and excessively.
录入:劳伦斯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An image or representation of anything.
(n.) An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.
(n.) That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.
(n.) A false notion or conception; a fallacy.
安编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Pagan deity, false god.[2]. Falsity.[3]. Favorite, pet, darling.
编辑:波西亚
娱乐性解释：
Should you dream of worshiping idols, you will make slow progress to wealth or fame, as you will let petty things tyrannize over you. To break idols, signifies a strong mastery over self, and no work will deter you in your upward rise to positions of honor. To see others worshiping idols, great differences will rise up between you and warm friends. To dream that you are denouncing idolatry, great distinction is in store for you through your understanding of the natural inclinations of the human mind.
校对:朱莉娅
例句:
- It is better to catch the idol-maker than to smash each idol. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Among his other advantages, Lord Raymond was supremely handsome; every one admired him; of women he was the idol. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Is sure he is at the head of a lodge, and wears short aprons, and is made a perfect idol of with candlesticks and trowels. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- He loves the idol he serves, and prays day and night that his frenzy may be fed, and that the Ox-eyed may smile on her votary. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- It has always had its own special idol worship within the Church. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Miserable little propitiators of a remorseless Idol, how abject we were to him! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- I am glad of this--not for my own sake, but for that of my life and idol--my Shirley. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Thus topples to earth another idol of my infancy. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I was not angry on my own account, but I felt as if the praises which this idol received were leaves torn from laurels destined for Adrian. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Etiquette required that she should wait, immovable as an idol, while the men who wished to converse with her succeeded each other at her side. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Turning as from a fallen idol, she made other discoveries which rapidly dispelled her romantic illusions. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- This idol carries its own criticism with it. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Without entering into further explanations, I may repeat that the idol is down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- To avow before what altar I now kneel--to reveal the present idol of my soul---- You will make haste about it, if you please. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Most men ruthlessly destroy the sacred veil, with which the female heart is wont to adorn the idol of its affections. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I saw that in his heart he despised those dedicated to any but worldly idols. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Positively Idols! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- It was, I believe, an array of idols disguised as ideals. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- They are typical idols of the American people. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- For in the last analysis the practical and the reasonable are little idols of clay that thwart our efforts. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Without it there would to-day be no demand for a creative statesmanship which turns its back upon the routine and the taboo, kings and idols, and non-human purposes. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- For those earnest men and women in Chicago did not set out to find a way of abolishing prostitution; they set out to find a way that would conform to four idols they worshiped. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- They are typical American idols, and they deserve some study. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- They should not die--first I would be gathered to nothingness, ere infection should come anear these idols of my soul. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Idols are set up to which all the living must bow; we decide beforehand that things must fit a few preconceived ideas. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- He parleyed for two years, sending a disciple to preach in Medina and destroy the idols there. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- To see it is to see a vision of home itself and all its idols, and feel a thrill that would stir a very river of sluggish blood! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- There are some low minds (not many, I am happy to believe, but there are some) that would prefer to do what I should call bow down before idols. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Those four idols really dominated the minds of the Commission, and without them the report cannot be understood. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- For with the removal of distracting idols, man's experience becomes the center of thought. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
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