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

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