view

• n. 觀察；視野；意見；風景
• vt. 觀察；考慮；查看

來自法語，來自拉丁語videre,看，詞源同visit,evident.

view

view: [15] Etymologically, a view is simply something ‘seen’. The word was borrowed from Old French veue, a noun use of the feminine past participle of veoir ‘see’. This was descended from Latin vidēre ‘see’ (source of English vision, visit, etc).
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view (n.)

early 15c., "formal inspection or survey" (of land); mid-15c., "visual perception," from Anglo-French vewe "view," Old French veue "light, brightness; look, appearance; eyesight, vision," noun use of fem. past participle of veoir "to see," from Latin videre "to see" (see vision). Sense of "manner of regarding something" attested from early 15c. Meaning "sight or prospect of a landscape, etc." is recorded from c. 1600.

view (v.)

1520s, "inspect, examine," from view (n.). From 1765 as "to regard in a certain way;" from 1935 as "to watch television." Related: Viewed; viewing.

1. An aeroplane offers you an unusual and breathtaking view of the world.

飛機為你提供非凡的,令人驚詫不已的地球景色. (句中的view既有凝視的動作含義,又有風景的狀態含義)

來自《用法詞典》

2. What other home offers such a commanding view of the capital?

還有其他的房子能像這幢一樣俯瞰首都嗎？

來自柯林斯例句

3. The argument contained herein takes exactly the opposite point of view.

本文所持的論點恰恰是站在相反的立場。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Try to view situations more objectively, especially with regard to work.

要盡量客觀地分析情況，尤其是在工作上。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.

老師們常認為青少年工作者紀律性差且能力低下。

來自柯林斯例句