1540s, "inspection," verbal noun from view (v.). From 1944 as "last presentation of a dead body before the funeral" (earlier viewing (of) the remains, 1920); from 1959 as "the watching of television."
权威例句
1. The first episode occupies a peak evening viewing slot.
第一集占据了傍晚的一个黄金收视时段。
2. "Elizabeth R", a TV portrait of the Queen, had record viewing figures.
关于女王的电视专题片《伊丽莎白女王》创下了收视纪录。
3. The BBC series Hot Chefs is compulsive viewing.
英国广播公司的系列节目“当红厨师”是个让人一看就上瘾的节目。
4. Viewing is by appointment only.
参观须事先预约。
5. She disapproved of her son's indiscriminate television viewing.