←

abstract

adjective
 
🔊/ˈæbstrækt/
🔊/ˈæbstrækt/
jump to other results
  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
    Extra Examples
    • Abstract principles are no good in this particular situation.在这种特定情况下，抽象原理是不好的。
    • All human beings are capable of thinking in abstract terms.全人类都有抽象思维的能力。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    See full entry
  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。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Mathematics is an extremely abstract discipline.数学是一门极其抽象的学科。
    • Some of the ideas that their legal system is based on are incredibly abstract.他们的法律体系所基于的一些想法是非常抽象的。
    • Freedom is more than a purely abstract notion.自由并不仅仅是一个纯粹抽象的概念。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    See full entry
  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
    • the work of American abstract expressionists like Mark Rothko马克·罗斯科（Mark Rothko）等美国抽象表现主义画家的作品
    compare figurative (2), representationalTopics Artb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    See full entry
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin abstractus, literally ‘drawn away’, past participle of abstrahere, from ab- ‘from’ + trahere ‘draw off’.

abstract

noun
🔊/ˈæbstrækt/
🔊/ˈæbstrækt/
Idioms
jump to other results
  1. an abstract work of art抽象派艺术作品
    • Kandinsky’s first pure abstracts are marked by their wild colour.康定斯基的第一批纯摘要以其狂野的色彩为标志。
  2. a short piece of writing containing the main ideas in a document（文献等的）摘要，概要 synonym summary
    • Abstracts of about 300 words should be submitted to the conference committee who will decide which papers to accept.大约300字的摘要应提交会议委员会，由会议委员会决定接受哪些论文。
    • This information is supplementary to the abstract of accounts.此信息是帐户摘要的补充。
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin abstractus, literally ‘drawn away’, past participle of abstrahere, from ab- ‘from’ + trahere ‘draw off’.
Idioms
in the abstract
  1. in a general way, without referring to a particular real person, thing or situation抽象地；理论上
    • Legal questions rarely exist in the abstract; they are based on real cases.法律问题很少以抽象理论形式存在，它们是以真实的案例为基础的。
    • I’m just talking in the abstract now.我现在只是在抽象地说。

abstract

verb
🔊/æbˈstrækt/
🔊/æbˈstrækt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they abstract
🔊/æbˈstrækt/
🔊/æbˈstrækt/
he / she / it abstracts
🔊/æbˈstrækts/
🔊/æbˈstrækts/
past simple abstracted
🔊/æbˈstræktɪd/
🔊/æbˈstræktɪd/
past participle abstracted
🔊/æbˈstræktɪd/
🔊/æbˈstræktɪd/
-ing form abstracting
🔊/æbˈstræktɪŋ/
🔊/æbˈstræktɪŋ/
jump to other results
  1. abstract something (from something) to remove something from somewhere把…抽象出；提取；抽取；分离
    • She abstracted the main points from the argument.她提炼出论证的要点。🔊🔊
    • Their plan is to abstract 8 million gallons of water from the river.他们的计划是从河中提取800万加仑的水。
  2. abstract something (specialist) to make a written summary of a book, etc.写出（书等）的摘要
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin abstractus, literally ‘drawn away’, past participle of abstrahere, from ab- ‘from’ + trahere ‘draw off’.