from a theoretical/political/economic etc standpoint• Yet it does produce a soft and, most important from an economic standpoint, fastproduct.• I was looking at it more from an economic standpoint.• This chapter examines these questions from a theoretical standpoint within the framework of natural monopoly industries.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + STANDPOINT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤different不同的立腳點◇We must approach the problem from a different standpoint.我們必須換一種角度來處理這個問題。➤objective, personal客觀的/個人的角度▸➤practical實際的角度▸➤ideological, theoretical意識形態的/理論的角度➤ethical, moral倫理/道德角度▸➤economic, financial, historical, legal, military, political, religious, technical, etc.經濟、財政、歷史、法律、軍事、政治、宗教、技術等角度VERB + STANDPOINT➤adopt (especially BrE) 採取⋯立場◇We should try to adopt a more positive standpoint.我們應該盡力採取更加積極的立場。➤approach sth from, view sth from從⋯立場着手處理⋯;從⋯觀點看待⋯PREPOSITION➤from the standpoint of, from this, that, etc. standpoint從⋯的立場;從這個、那個等角度◇From the standpoint of women, this looks like a policy of discrimination.從女性的立場出發,這一政策似乎有歧視之嫌。