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Perspective

發佈時間: 2021/11/26

Perspective

新冠病毒疫情已經持續近兩年,是時候讓數據說話,客觀地審視疫情的嚴重性(put the pandemic in perspective),從而調整防疫措施甚至全面解封。香港的新冠病毒死亡人數至今共213人,然而2019及2020年冬季流感死亡人數達470人。

名詞perspective解思考問題的「角度、觀點」。例如,What is the COVID-19 crisis from a mother's perspective?(從母親的角度來看,新冠病毒疫情的危機是甚麼?)We need to explore the issue from different perspectives.(我們需要從不同的角度來探討這個問題。)

Put something in/ into perspective指「客觀地比較、客觀地審查」。很多事情是相對的,將一件事情與其他比較,才可以準確和公正地判斷。例如,She is very heavy for her height. / You need to put this into perspective; she is pregnant.(以她的身高來說,她很重。/你需要考慮到她懷孕了。)

又例如,Our company has already earned a million this year, and, to put this into perspective, this is 40% more than we did last year.(我們公司今年已經賺了100萬,即是比去年多40%。)

(本欄逢周三、五刊登)

撰文: Ally Dean's List級英文老師
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