perspective

point de vue, perspective

Manière de penser à quelque chose ou de le comprendre.

En anglais simple : A way of thinking about or understanding something.

• Try looking at it from her perspective.
• The book offers a fresh perspective on city life.
• We discussed the problem from several perspectives.

Comment l'utiliser : a perspective on something (Travelling gave her a new perspective on family life.); from someone’s perspective (From a child’s perspective, the room seemed enormous.)

Synonymes : point of view, viewpoint, outlook

Expressions courantes : different perspective, from someone’s perspective, perspective on something

recul, sens des proportions

Capacité à évaluer l’importance réelle des choses en les comparant à d’autres.

En anglais simple : The ability to judge how important things really are compared with other things.

• Try to keep some perspective.
• He lost all perspective over one small mistake.
• The trip put my worries in perspective.

Comment l'utiliser : keep/put something in perspective (Talking to a friend helped me put the problem in perspective.)

Synonymes : sense of proportion, balanced judgment

Expressions courantes : keep perspective, lose perspective, put something in perspective

perspective

Méthode de dessin qui donne une impression de proximité ou d’éloignement sur une surface plane.

En anglais simple : A way of drawing that makes things look nearer or farther away on a flat surface.

• Perspective makes the street look deep.
• We learned to draw buildings in perspective.
• The artist used perspective to show the room’s size.

Expressions courantes : linear perspective, draw in perspective, use perspective

vue, panorama

Vue sur un paysage ou un lieu, notamment lorsqu’il s’étend au loin.

En anglais simple : A view of a scene, especially one stretching into the distance.

• A wide perspective opened before us.
• Beyond the window lay a perspective of distant hills.
• The terrace offered a lovely perspective of the valley.

Synonymes : view, vista, outlook

Expressions courantes : distant perspective, wide perspective, perspective of hills

perspectif

Qui utilise la méthode de dessin montrant la profondeur et la distance, ou s’y rapporte.

En anglais simple : Using or relating to a drawing method that shows depth and distance.

• She made a perspective drawing of the house.
• The plan includes a perspective view of the garden.
• Perspective lines help the artist show distance.

Expressions courantes : perspective drawing, perspective view, perspective projection