``The mosquito bites a clay idol--the wrong target.’’

“蚊子叮泥菩萨，看错了对象”

It is a poor saying of Epicurus, Satis magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus; as if man, made for the contemplation of heaven, and all noble objects, should do nothing but kneel before a little idol

埃辟克拉斯曾说过一句傻话:“人生不过一场戏。”似乎人类不应却努力追求高尚的事业，而只应像玩偶般地逢场作戏。

Don’t make an idol of money

不要崇拜财富。

Don’t make an idol of money.

不要崇拜金钱。

make an idol of sth.

崇拜 [迷信] 某人 [某物]

Make an idol of sb.

崇拜[迷信]某人[某物]

To worship as an idol .

崇拜当作偶像崇拜

The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity,an idol ,or a sacred object.

崇拜对神、偶像或神圣物体带有敬畏或惊异的热爱与热诚

Coming down from the mountain with the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are written, Moses discovers the hebrews feasting and dancing around the idol of the Golden Calf

当摩西拿着写有十条戒律的石碑从山上下来，发现希伯来人正围着偶像金牛犊欢宴、跳舞，

25 years later tens of thousands of fans are gathering in memphis to mark the quarter-century anniversary of their idol ’s premature demise

二十五年后的如今，有数以万计的猫王迷聚在曼非斯，纪念他们的偶像明星英年殒落二十五周年。

Afterwards, I knew that all my friends at school went to the concert. Oh, “All Four One” is very popular with the crowds and also my favorite singer and idol .

后来，我听说学校里的所有朋友都去看演唱会了。哦，“四合一”真受大家欢迎。他们是我最喜欢的歌星兼偶像。

idol ; idolae

假相（又作偶象、幻象）

Rudolph Valentino was the matinee idol of his day.

鲁道夫·瓦伦蒂诺是他那个时代使女性倾倒的男明星。

Making and Consuming of the Idol in Mass Media Production and Obligation of Mass Media

媒介文化生产中的偶像制造与消费及其媒体责任

The fans of the actress craned their necks to catch a glimpse of their idol

那位女演员的崇拜者们伸长了脖子想看一看他们崇拜的偶像

Like a clay Buddha fording a river, he can’t even save himself．/ unable to save oneself any more than a clay idol can save itself while crossing a river

泥菩萨过江，自身难保

You idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God’s dust is greater than your idol.

你的偶像委散在尘土中了，这可证明神的尘土比你的偶像还伟大。

The youngsters greeted their idol with a hail.

年轻人向他们的偶像欢呼致敬。

You’re my idol .

您是我的偶像。

An image of a female supernatural being; an idol .

女性偶象一超自然的女性偶象;偶象

From Model to Idol : Discussion on the Model Education of Youth

青年榜样的历史变迁

The people take them at their word, approach the Lama, now become an idol , with the most humble prostration: he receives their addresses without motion, commences a god, and is ever after fed by his priests with the spoon of immortality.

人们听信了使者的话，就把喇嘛当作偶像顶礼膜拜;他一动不动地接受人们的称颂，于是成为神，从此由下面的僧人用那不朽的勺子喂养。

The First Anti-war Sign in the Modern Japanese Literary Idol-On Reading Akutagawa Ryunosuke’s Novel, The General

日本现代文学偶像的反战先声-读芥川龙之介小说《将军》

A Chinese cult image or idol .

神像，偶像中国的宗教佛像，神像或偶像

As if man,made for the contemplation of heaven,and all noble objects,should do nothing but kneel be-fore a little idol ,and make himself a subject,though not of the mouth(as beasts are,yet of the eye;which was given him for higher purposes.

似乎本应努力追求高尚事业的人类，却只应像玩偶奴隶般地逢场作戏似的。虽然爱情的奴隶并不同于那班只顾吃喝的禽兽，但毕竟也只是眼目色相的奴隶--而上帝赐人以眼睛本来是更高尚的用途的。

They bow down to the idol

他们崇拜偶像。

They bowed down to the idol

他们向偶像鞠躬示礼。

They bowed down to the idol .

他们向偶像鞠躬致敬。

As an only child he was the idol of his parents.

他是独生子,是父母的宠儿.

He was an only child， and the idol of his parents.

他是个独子，是他父母的宠儿.

e idol

因风度漂亮而备受女性观众欢迎的红演员

matinee idol

ph.1. 受女戏迷崇拜的男演员

make an idol of

vt.崇拜