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单词 abstract
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abstract

adjective
 
/ˈæbstrækt/
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  1.  
    based on general ideas and not on any particular real person, thing or situation
    • abstract knowledge/principles
    • The research shows that pre-school children are capable of thinking in abstract terms.
    compare concrete
    Extra Examples
    • Abstract principles are no good in this particular situation.
    • All human beings are capable of thinking in abstract terms.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
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  2.  
    existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical reality
    • We may talk of beautiful things but beauty itself is abstract.
    Extra Examples
    • Mathematics is an extremely abstract discipline.
    • Some of the ideas that their legal system is based on are incredibly abstract.
    • Freedom is more than a purely abstract notion.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
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  3. (of art) not representing people or things in a realistic way, but expressing the artist’s ideas about them
    • the work of American abstract expressionists like Mark Rothko
    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
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Idioms
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  1. an abstract work of art
    • Kandinsky’s first pure abstracts are marked by their wild colour.
  2. a short piece of writing containing the main ideas in a document synonym summary
    • Abstracts of about 300 words should be submitted to the conference committee who will decide which papers to accept.
    • This information is supplementary to the abstract of accounts.
    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
    • Legal questions rarely exist in the abstract; they are based on real cases.
    • I’m just talking in the abstract now.

abstract

verb
/æbˈstrækt/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they abstract
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he / she / it abstracts
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past simple abstracted
/æbˈstræktɪd/
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past participle abstracted
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-ing form abstracting
/æbˈstræktɪŋ/
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  1. abstract something (from something) to remove something from somewhere
    • She abstracted the main points from the argument.
    • Their plan is to abstract 8 million gallons of water from the river.
  2. abstract something (specialist) to make a written summary of a book, etc.
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin abstractus, literally ‘drawn away’, past participle of abstrahere, from ab- ‘from’ + trahere ‘draw off’.
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