名詞 perspective:

1. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
   同義詞：position, view
2. the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
   同義詞：linear perspective

1. The painting provides us with one of the earliest examples of the use of perspective.
   那幅畫給我們提供了采用透視畫法的最早的范例。
2. You must get the story in its right perspectives.
   你必須正確地了解這件事。
3. Artists didn't understand perspective in those days.
   在那個年代藝術(shù)家們不懂透視法。

per.spec.tive

n.（名詞）
The technique of representing three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensional surface.
透視法：一種在二維平面上表現(xiàn)三維物體和深度關系的技術(shù)

A view or vista.
景色，遠景
A mental view or outlook:
設想，展望：心理上的觀點或展望：
例句：
.It is useful occasionally to look at the past to gain a perspective on the present.(Fabian Linden)
.偶爾回顧過去有助于展望未來.(法比安·林登)

The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular vision.
全景，透視：如通過普通雙筒望遠鏡看到的物體全貌

The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole:
各部分的比例，各部分的關系：事物各方面之間以及與整體之間的關系：
例句：
a perspective of history; a need to view the problem in the proper perspective.
歷史的整體觀；需以恰當?shù)恼w觀點來看待問題

Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view:
觀點，看法：相對重要的客觀評估和評價；觀點：
例句：
the perspective of the displaced homemaker.
被革職的女管家的觀點

The ability to perceive things in their actual interrelations or comparative importance:
洞察力：在實際的相互關系或相對重要性上感覺事物的能力：
例句：
tried to keep my perspective throughout the crisis.
試圖在整個危機中保持我的洞察力

adj.（形容詞）
Of, relating to, seen, or represented in perspective.
透視法的，透視的：與透視法有關的或用透視來觀察或表現(xiàn)的

來源：
Middle English [science of optics] influenced by French perspective [perspective] alteration of Italian prospettiva from prospetto [new] from Latin prôspectus * see prospect
中古英語 [光學] 受 法語 perspective的影響 [透視] 意大利語 prospettiva的變化 源自 prospetto [新的] 源自 拉丁語 prôspectus *參見 prospect
from Medieval Latin perspectova (ars) [feminine of] perspectovus [optical]
源自 中世紀拉丁語 perspectova (ars) [] perspectovus的陰性詞 [視覺的，光學的]
from perspectus [past participle of] perspicere [to inspect]
源自 perspectus [] perspicere的過去分詞 [檢查，視察]
per- [per-]
per- [前綴，表.周圍，遍及.]
specere [to look] * see spek-
specere [看] *參見 spek-

【引伸】
perspec.tival
adj.（形容詞）
perspec.tively
adv.（副詞）