in a way that is based on general ideas and not any particular real person, thing or situation 抽象的（与个别情况相对）；纯理论的 Young children may not have the ability to think abstractly. 幼儿可能没有抽象思维的能力。
(in art 艺术 not representing people or things in a realistic way, but expressing the artist's ideas about them 抽象（派）的 She began to paint abstractly again. 她再次开始抽象绘画。