view

• n. 観察；見解；意見；風景
• vt. 観察する；考察する；眺める

フランス語から。ラテン語のvidere「見る」が語源で、語源的にはvisit「悪」と同じ。

view

view: [15] Etymologically, a view is simply something ‘seen’. The word was borrowed from Old French veue, a noun use of the feminine past participle of veoir ‘see’. This was descended from Latin vidēre ‘see’ (source of English vision, visit, etc).
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view (n.)

early 15c., "formal inspection or survey" (of land); mid-15c., "visual perception," from Anglo-French vewe "view," Old French veue "light, brightness; look, appearance; eyesight, vision," noun use of fem. past participle of veoir "to see," from Latin videre "to see" (see vision). Sense of "manner of regarding something" attested from early 15c. Meaning "sight or prospect of a landscape, etc." is recorded from c. 1600.

view (v.)

1520s, "inspect, examine," from view (n.). From 1765 as "to regard in a certain way;" from 1935 as "to watch television." Related: Viewed; viewing.

1. An aeropane offers you an unusual and breathtaking view of the world.

飛行機は、驚くべき地球の景色を提供してくれます。(文中の view は凝視する動作の意味もあれば、風景の状態の意味もある)

2.What other home offers such a commanding view of the capital？

この建物のように首都を見下ろすことができる家は他にありますか？

3.The argument contained herein takes exactly the opposite point of view .

本文が持つ論点は逆の立場にある。

4.Try to view situations more objectively，especially with regard to work.

できるだけ客観的に状況を分析し、特に仕事上で。

5.Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.

先生たちは、青少年労働者は規律性が悪く、能力が低いとよく考えている。