perspective

視点、見方

物事について考えたり理解したりする際の見方。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： 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.)

類義語： point of view, viewpoint, outlook

よく使う表現： different perspective, from someone’s perspective, perspective on something

バランス感覚、大局観

ほかの物事と比べて、本当の重要さを見極める力。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： keep/put something in perspective (Talking to a friend helped me put the problem in perspective.)

類義語： sense of proportion, balanced judgment

よく使う表現： keep perspective, lose perspective, put something in perspective

遠近法

平面に描いた物が近くや遠くにあるように見せる描き方。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： linear perspective, draw in perspective, use perspective

眺望、見晴らし

目の前に見える景色。特に、遠くまで広がる眺め。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： view, vista, outlook

よく使う表現： distant perspective, wide perspective, perspective of hills

遠近法の、透視図の

奥行きや距離を表す描き方を使った、またはその描き方に関する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： perspective drawing, perspective view, perspective projection