vantage point

noun

1. （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。

1. N-COUNT （便于观察的）有利位置
   A vantage point is 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。
2. N-COUNT （某一时期的）观点，看法
   If you view a situation from a particular vantage point you 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。

1. From this vantage point he watched, his searching eye never missing a detail
   他从这个有利的地点观察，目光敏锐，不放过任何一个细节。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. I think it's time for a new approach, so in the very near future you will see my blog relaunched with a new name, a new vantage point, and a new perspective.
   因此，在不久的将来，你们会看到我将从一个全新的立足点和角度，推出一个新的博客。
6. Therefore, it always appears from our vantage point to be in the same general direction as the Sun.
   因此从我们的角度来看总是似乎处于和太阳一个大方向上。
7. 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。
8. Best vantage point in the area.
   这个地区最有利的地点。
9. But from the vantage point of early 2013, it seems increasingly possible.
   但站在2013年初这个有利的时点来观察，这一切发生的可能性似乎越来越大。
10. 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。
11. But I think I should have a central vantage point.
    不过我认为在中心制高点办公很有帮助。
12. In terms of business cooperation with Vietnam, Honghe Prefecture has its geographical vantage point and good industrial foundation.
    红河州具有与越南积极发展经贸合作的区位优势和良好的工业基础条件。
13. From the vantage point on the hill, Port Philip shimmered beneath them.
    从山上的有利地位眺望，菲利普港在他们下方闪烁着灯光。
14. 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。
15. From this vantage point, the region expanded the health agenda to cover new frontiers.
    欧洲区域再接再厉，扩大了卫生议程，开拓了新的疆域。
16. 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。
17. The conventional view of financial development does indeed see the process from the vantage point of the big survivor.
    实际上，有关金融发展的传统观点，确实是从有利于大型幸存者的角度来看待这一过程的。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. The conservation law provides a perspective from the vantage point of experiment.
    守恒定律提供了从实验这个有利地位观察到的图景。
21. From our lofty vantage point, we could see the city spread out below us.
    从这居高临下之处，我们可以看到这座城市在我们脚下延伸开来。
22. From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of particular interest.
    从这个遥远的有利距离上，地球也许并不值得特别关注。
23. 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。
24. Globalisation, from this vantage point, has been good only for the few.
    从这一点看，全球化只对少数人有利。
25. 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。
26. From this vantage point you can easily see into both apartments.
    从这个有利位置，你可以非常容易的观察那两间公寓。
27. From that vantage point he could survey the whole valley.
    从那个观察点我们可以监视整个山谷。
28. This systemic vantage point must be used to mitigate any tendency to underestimate risk when times are good.
    我们必须用这种系统性有利的观点来抑制在繁荣时期低估风险的倾向。
29. And you used this sort of particular vantage point and you chose to in a way that really embraces pluralism.
    您利用了这种特殊的有利情况，并且选择了支持多元主义。

noun

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

   Synonym:    viewpoint