vista
/ˈvɪstə/noun
1- a pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening（尤指从狭长开口看到的）令人愉快的景色：
a vista of church spires.
教堂尖顶的景色。
1.1
- a mental view of a succession of remembered or anticipated events（对往事的）连绵追忆; （对前景的）不断展望：
vistas of freedom seemed to open ahead of him.
似乎在他面前展现了一幅幅对自由的憧憬。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Italian， literally 'view'， from visto 'seen'， past participle of vedere 'see'， from Latin videre.