- Use the adjective abstract for something that is not a material object or is general and not based on specific examples.
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- n. 摘要；抽象
- adj. 抽象的
- v. 摘要；抽象
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1. Don't speak in such abstract terms.
不要这样抽象地谈问题。
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2. They can abstract precious medicines from ordinary substances.
他们能从普通物质中提取贵重药物。
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3. abstract knowledge, abstract principles
理论知识；抽象原理
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4. She abstracted the main points from the argument.
她把论据概括成要点。
- abstract (adj.) late 14c., originally in grammar (in reference to certain nouns), from Latin abstractus "drawn away," past participle of abstrahere "to drag away, detach, pull away, divert;" also figuratively, from assimilated form of ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + trahere "to draw," from PIE root *tragh- "to draw, drag, move" (see tract (n.1)).
- abstract (n.) "abridgment or summary of a document," mid-15c., from abstract (adj.).
- abstract (v.) 1540s, "to draw away, withdraw, remove" (transitive), from Latin abstractus or else from abstract (adj.). From 1610s in the philosophical sense "consider as a general object or idea without regard to matter." Related: Abstracted; abstracting.
ab·stract AWL adjective , noun , verb abstract abstracts abstracted abstracting adjective / ˈæbstrækt ; NAmE ˈæbstrækt / 1 based on general ideas and not on any particular real person, thing or situation 抽象的（与个别情况相对）；纯理论的 ◆ abstract knowledge/principles 理论知识；抽象原理 ◆ The research shows that pre-school children are capable of thinking in abstract terms. 研究显示，学前儿童具有抽象思维的能力。 ☞compare concrete adj. (2 ) 2 existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical reality 抽象的（与具体经验相对） ◆ We may talk of beautiful things but beauty itself is abstract. 我们尽可谈论美的事物，但美本身却是抽象的。 3 (of art 艺术 ) not representing people or things in a realistic way, but expressing the artist's ideas about them 抽象（派）的 ☞compare figurative (2 ) , representational (1 ) ▶ ab·stract·ly AWL / ˈæbstræktli ; NAmE ˈæbstræktli / adverb noun / ˈæbstrækt ; NAmE ˈæbstrækt / 1 an abstractwork of art 抽象派艺术作品 2 a short piece of writing containing the main ideas in a document （文献等的）摘要，概要 SYN summary IDIOM in the ˈabstract in a general way, without referring to a particular real person, thing or situation 抽象地；理论上 verb / æbˈstrækt ; NAmE æbˈstrækt / 1 abstractsth (from sth) to remove sth from somewhere 把…抽象出；提取；抽取；分离 ◆ She abstracted the main points from the argument. 她把论据概括成要点。 ◆ a plan to abstract 8 million gallons of water from the river 从这条河中抽取 800 万加仑水的计划 2 abstractsth ( technical 术语 ) to make a written summary of a book, etc. 写出（书等的）摘要 ab·stract / ˈæbstrækt ; NAmE ˈæbstrækt / ab·stract·ly / ˈæbstræktli ; NAmE ˈæbstræktli / abstract / ˈæbstrækt ; NAmE ˈæbstrækt /
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