vantage point

英 [ˈvɑːntɪdʒ pɔɪnt]

美 [ˈvæntɪdʒ pɔɪnt]

n.  (观察事物的)有利地点; (尤指考虑旧时事物的)有利时刻，有利形势

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牛津词典

noun

• （观察事物的）有利地点；（尤指考虑旧时事物的）有利时刻，有利形势
  a position from which you watch sth; a point in time or a situation from which you consider sth, especially the past
  1. The cafe was a good vantage point for watching the world go by.
     从这家小餐馆能清楚地看到世事的变迁。
  2. From the vantage point of the present, the war seems to have achieved nothing.
     依目前的情况来看，这场战争似乎一无所获。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （便于观察的）有利位置
  Avantage pointis a place from which you can see a lot of things.
  1. From a concealed vantage point, he saw a car arrive...
     他从一个隐蔽的有利位置望出去，看见一辆车开了过来。
  2. The warden took us to a vantage point on the slopes where we saw herring gulls on the rocks below.
     管理员把我们带到斜坡上的一处有利位置，我们从那里看到了下面岩石上的银鸥。
• N-COUNT （某一时期的）观点，看法
  If you view a situationfroma particularvantage pointyou have a clear understanding of it because of the particular period of time you are in.
  1. From today's vantage point, the 1987 crash seems just a blip in the upward progress of the market...
     今天看来，1987年的崩盘似乎只是股市上升进程中的一次小小挫折。
  2. From the vantage point of the present he saw the unquestioning love and support that had been lavished upon him for his first twenty-five years.
     现在回头看看，他才意识到在他人生的头25年里他被慷慨给予了多少无条件的关爱与支持。

英英释义

noun

• a place from which something can be viewed
  1. from that vantage point he could survey the whole valley
  Synonym:viewpoint

双语例句

• From the vantage point of a window seat, you can survey the slums.
  从靠窗座位你可以居高临下俯瞰贫民窟。
• From today's vantage point, the 1987 crash seems just a blip in the upward progress of the market
  今天看来，1987年的崩盘似乎只是股市上升进程中的一次小小挫折。
• From your vantage point you have a good perspective on what's happening with US companies.
  从你所处的优势地位，你对美国公司所发生的情况独具眼光。
• Explanation: From our vantage point in the Milky Way Galaxy, we see NGC6946 face-on.
  说明：因为本银河系的特殊位置，因此我们能够观测到NGC6946的正面。
• The warden took us to a vantage point on the slopes where we saw herring gulls on the rocks below.
  管理员把我们带到斜坡上的一处有利位置，我们从那里看到了下面岩石上的银鸥。
• The war is described from the vantage point of those on the winning side.
  这场战争是从胜利一方的观点来描述的。
• The documentary contains a first-hand description of political life in Havana from the vantage point of a senior bureaucrat.
  这部纪录片记录的是一个高级官僚从他的角度看哈瓦那政治生活的第一手叙述。
• Speaking from the vantage point of my own truth, I find some things are truer than others.
  从我自己的真理来说，我发现有些事物比其它事物更加真实。
• In fact from a different vantage point analysis is a distribution and incentive mechanism.
  事实上从另一个高度来分析，就是一个分配和激励机制的问题。
• From our vantage point we have a clear picture of what is happening all around the world.
  从我们的有利位置，我们有一个关于全世界正在发生什么的清晰的画面。