abstract
adj
1 existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or practical existence 抽象的
We may talk of beautiful things, but beauty itself is abstract. 我們盡可談論美的事物, 然而美本身卻是抽象的.
He has some abstract (ie vague, impractical) notion of wanting to change the world. 他有一種要改造世界的空想.
2 (of art) not representing objects in a realistic way but expressing the artist's ideas and feelings about certain aspects of them (指藝術)抽象派的
an abstract painting, painter 抽象畫, 抽象派畫家. Cf 參看 concrete1 1.
abstract n
1 abstract idea or quality 抽象; 抽象的概念; 抽象性.
2 example of abstract art 抽象派藝術品
a painter of abstracts 抽象畫的畫家.
3 short account of the contents of a book, etc; summary (書籍等的)摘要; 概括
an abstract of a lecture 講演的摘要.
4 (idm 習語) in the `abstract in a theoretical way 抽象地; 在理論上
Consider the problem in the abstract, ie as if it had no relation to any specific object, person, fact, etc. 就事論事地考慮一下這一問題(假定不涉及任何具體對象, 個人, 事實等).
abstract v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (from sth) remove sth; separate sth (from sth) 除去某物; (從某物中)提取, 抽取或分離出某物
abstract metal from ore 從礦砂中提取金屬.
2 [Tn] make a written summary of (a book, etc) 摘錄(書等的)要點.
*['?bstr?kt]a. 抽象的, 深奧的n. 摘要, 抽象概念vt. 摘要, 提煉, 使抽象化【計】 摘錄; 摘要; 抽象【醫(yī)】 強散劑; 摘要, 提要【經】 抽象的; 摘要, 概括相關詞組: to make an abstract of... in the abstract to abstract sth from