131. Meditation techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective.
譯文
相反，靜思療法能夠教人們以更廣、更現(xiàn)實(shí)的角度來(lái)看待自己的缺點(diǎn)。
點(diǎn)睛
本句的主干是techniques can teach people。in contrast為插入語(yǔ)；不定式短語(yǔ)to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective為賓語(yǔ)people的補(bǔ)語(yǔ)。
perspective的意思是“角度，觀點(diǎn)”。如：
You should try to see the issue from a different perspective. 你應(yīng)該試著以不同的角度看待這件事。
考點(diǎn)歸納
perspective的常見(jiàn)用法如下：
意為“角度，觀點(diǎn)，想法”，通常后接介詞on，或用于from the perspective of, from a...perspective的結(jié)構(gòu)中。如：
I've got a whole new perspective on life. 我對(duì)生活有了全新的看法。
The novel is written from the perspective of deaf people. 這部小說(shuō)是從聾人的視角來(lái)寫的。
From a male perspective, it's hard to understand the problem. 從男性的角度很難理解這個(gè)問(wèn)題。
意為“合理判斷力，權(quán)衡輕重的能力”，常與介詞in或into連用。如：
I try to keep these issues in perspective. 我盡量恰當(dāng)?shù)靥幚磉@些問(wèn)題。
意為“景觀，遠(yuǎn)景”。如：
You can get a perspective of the whole valley here. 你在這里可以看到山谷的全景。
意為“透視法”。如：
Children's drawings often have no perspective. 孩子畫的畫通常沒(méi)有透視效果。
