backsight与foresight的用法辨析:
1. 词源与核心语义
backsight(后视/后照准)由back(后)+sight(视线)构成,指"向后观察"的物理动作或反思行为
foresight(前瞻/前照准)由fore(前)+sight构成,强调"向前预见"的能力
2. 专业领域用法
测绘学:
- backsight:后视测量(已知点到仪器的反向观测)
- foresight:前视测量(仪器到待测点的正向观测)
例:The surveyor took a backsight to Benchmark A before recording the foresight to the ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
To shoot a backsight.
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3.
The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.
A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
To shoot a backsight.
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3.
The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.