vantage point

noun

/ˈvɑːntɪdʒ pɔɪnt/

/ˈvæntɪdʒ pɔɪnt/

(also formal vantage)

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a position from which you watch something（觀察事物的）有利地點；（尤指回顧過去的）有利時刻，有利形勢
- The cafe was a good vantage point for watching the world go by.從這家小餐館能清楚地看到人生百態。
a point in time or a situation from which you consider something, especially the past（觀察事物的）有利地點；（尤指回顧過去的）有利時刻，有利形勢
- From the vantage point of the present, the war seems to have achieved nothing.依目前的情況來看，這場戰爭似乎一無所獲。

Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, shortening of Old French avantage ‘advantage’.