abstraction

abstraction
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the quality of dealing with ideas rather than events
    抽象
    topics will vary in degrees of abstraction.
    各个题目的抽象程度不同。
    ■[count noun]something which exists only as an idea
    抽象概念
    the question can no longer be treated as an academic abstraction.
    不能再把这问题作为学术上的抽象概念来对待。
  2. freedom from representational qualities in art
    （艺术上的）抽象
    geometric abstraction has been a mainstay in her work.
    她作品的主体是几何抽象。
    ■[count noun]an abstract work of art
    抽象派艺术作品
  3. a state of preoccupation
    出神，心不在焉
    she sensed his momentary abstraction.
    她感到他走了一下神。
  4. the process of considering something independently of its associations, attributes, or concrete accompaniments
    孤立的考虑
    Christians tend to interpret Christ's words in abstraction from any historical context.
    基督教徒往往抛开一切历史背景孤立地解释耶稣基督的话。
  5. the process of removing something, especially water from a river or other source
    去除，抽取（某物，尤指从河流或其他水源中抽水）
语源
  1. late Middle English : from Latin abstractio(n-), from the verb abstrahere 'draw away' (see abstract)
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