perspective 觀點；眼光見識

這個字不太好譯。包含「鑑往知來」的意思。

片語：

in perspective 按照透視畫法的[地]；展望中的[地]；正確的[地]；【數學】連成一行
see things in perspective 正確地看待事物
put into perspective 換句話說
keep perspective 維持樂觀進取；凡事往正面想

推薦參考文章：

• 今日單字 Oct. 9(頁 1) - 英文討論區 - 英二A論壇 - powered by Discuz! Archiver:

"You need a little perspective 看開一點。perspective是「觀點」或「看法」，每個人都有自己的different perspectives，但也有遇到盲點的時候。當你開始鑽牛角尖，繞著同一個地方轉不出去時，就需要多一點思考的角度，想開一點，讓自己海闊天空。"

翻譯研究：

• 《華爾街日報》中文網絡版的一篇文章，把perspecitve譯成「信念」:
  
  It's not too late to recover. 'You can develop a resilient mindset at any age,' says Robert Brooks, a Harvard Medical School psychologist who has studied resilience for decades. One key, he says, is to avoid self-defeating assumptions. If you are fired or dumped by a girlfriend, don't magnify the rejection and assume you'll never get another job or another date. (Maintaining perspective can be tough in the face of sweeping criticism, though. A teacher said of young G.K. Chesterton, who went on to become a renowned British author, that if his head were opened 'we should not find any brain but only a lump of white fat.') (From Defeat, Rejection to Success, Wall Street Journal, 2008/05/02)
  
  現在改﹐還不算太晚。哈佛大學醫學院(Harvard Medical School)的心理學家羅伯特•布魯克斯(Robert Brooks)多年來一直在研究韌性的問題﹐他表示﹐“人們在任何年紀都可以發展堅韌的心智。”他說﹐一個關鍵是要避免做自我挫敗的假設。如果你被解僱了 ﹐或者被女友甩了﹐不要放大被拒絕的感受﹐不要假設你再也找不到工作﹐或者再也不會有約會了。（但是﹐在接踵而來的批評面前﹐堅持信念是很難的。一位教師 在談及年輕時代的G.K.卻斯特頓(G.K. Chesterton)時這樣說﹐如果打開他的腦袋﹐“我們除了一堆白色脂肪以外﹐應該找不到什麼頭腦。”卻斯特頓後來成為了英國極富盛名的作家。）（從失敗、被拒到成功，《華爾街日報》中文網絡版，2008/05/02）