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.
例句
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。
N-COUNT
圣像;神像
An idol is a statue or other object that is worshipped by people who believe that it is a god.
PHRASE
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.
例句
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。
英汉词典释义
n.
偶像, 受崇拜的人或物, 受到热爱和崇拜的人或物
Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a material effigy that is worshipped as a god;
"thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image""money was his god"
2. someone who is adored blindly and excessively
3. an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept