N에 비추어 보다

It is attached to a noun to propose that it’s standard for evaluation or decision of the following clause.

일반적인 상식에 비추어 보면 너의 행동이 옳았다고 보이지는 않아.
In the light of common sense, it doesn’t appear that you were right.

이 유물이 신라 시대의 유물이라는 점에 비추어 볼 때 신라 시대 세공 기술은 아주 우수했음을 알 수 있다.
Given the fact that the artifact was a relic of the Silla Dynasty, we can know that the craftsmanship of the Silla Dynasty was excellent.

이 근로법 조항은 현재 상황에 비추어 볼 때 근로자들에게 절대적으로 불리한 조항이라고 할 수 있다.
This provision of the Labor Act can be said to be absolutely disadvantageous to workers in light of the current situation.

Conversation:

이번에 너희 부서에 배정된 신입사원 어때? 외국의 유명한 대학을 졸업했다던데.
How’s the new employee assigned to your department this time? I heard he graduated from a famous university in a foreign country.

글쎄, 아직 같이 일해 보지 않아서 잘 모르겠어.
Well, I don’t know because I haven’t worked with him yet.

아마 공부를 잘했을 테니까 똑똑하고 일도 잘 하겠지. 하나를 보면 열을 안다잖아.
I guess he was good at studying so he must be smart and good at working. People say see one you see them all.

그런데 난 네가 그 사람의 대학만 보고 너무 속단하는 것 같다. 그거 후광효과에 의한 오해일 수 있어.
But I think you’re too quick to judge just by his college. That could be a misunderstanding due to the halo effect.

그렇기는 하지만 내 경험에 비추어 보면 똑똑한 사람들이 대부분 일도 잘했어.
That’s true, but in my experience, smart people mostly did a good job.

그래도 사람을 직접 겪어보지도 않고 판단하는 건 좀 위험해. 우리 다른 이야기하자.
But it’s a little dangerous to judge people without even going through them. Let’s talk about something else.

Related words
속단 quick judgment
후광효과 halo effect
It refers to when the characteristics of one aspect of the subject affect other qualities when evaluating a subject. It means in evaluating a person’s appearance, if he or she is impressed with the person’s appearance, the person’s intelligence and personality are also well evaluated.
겪다 experience
판단 decision, judgment

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute