vantage

• n. 优势；有利情况

英文词源

vantage (n.)

early 14c., "advantage, profit," from Anglo-French vantage, from Old French avantage "advantage, profit, superiority" (see advantage). Vantage point "favorable position" attested from 1865; a similar notion was in earlier vantage ground (1610s).

双语例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。

来自《权威词典》

3. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The kernel of that message was that peace must not be a source of advantage or disad-vantage for anyone.

那一信息的核心是和平绝不应该成为对任何人有利或不利的根源。

来自柯林斯例句