[with obj.](常作 be extracted)remove or take out, especially by effort or force (用力)移开;取出;拔出 the fossils are extracted from the chalk. 这些化石是从白垩岩中剥离出来的。 ■obtain (something such as money or an admission) from someone in the face of initial unwillingness 设法得到(某物,如钱、认可) I won't let you go without trying to extract a promise from you. 不尽力得到你的承诺我是不会放你走的。 ■obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method 提取,提炼 lead was extracted from the copper. 铅是从这些铜料中提炼出来的。 ■select (a passage from a piece of writing, music, or film) for quotation, performance, or reproduction 抄录;摘录;选取 the table is extracted from the report. 这张表格是从报告中摘录下来的。 ■derive (an idea or the evidence for it) from a body of information 推断出,引申出,总结出 there are few attempts to extract generalities about the nature of the disciplines. 很少有人试着就这些学科本质总结其一般规律。 ■(Mathematics)calculate (a root of a number) (数)开(方),求(根)
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a short passage taken from a piece of writing, music, or film 摘录;选段;引文 an extract from a historical film. 一部历史影片的选段。
[with modifier]a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form 提取物;精,汁 vanilla extract. 香草精。
派生 extractability noun extractable adjective 语源
late Middle English: from Latin extract- 'drawn out', from the verb extrahere, from ex- 'out' + trahere 'draw'