abstraction
noun /æbˈstrækʃn/
/æbˈstrækʃn/
- [countable, uncountable] (formal) a general idea not based on any particular real person, thing or situation; the quality of being abstract
抽象概念;抽象 - Ideological abstractions are never going to attract many voters.
空洞的说教绝不会吸引很多选民。 - The increasing abstraction of modern art has tended to make it increasingly difficult to interpret.
现代艺术日益抽象,阐释起来也越加困难。 - The idea of ‘the nation’ can be seen as an abstraction.
“国家”的概念可以被视为一种抽象概念。
- Ideological abstractions are never going to attract many voters.
- [uncountable] (formal) the state of thinking deeply about something and not paying attention to what is around you
出神;心神专注 - She was gazing in abstraction at the far corner of the room.
她出神地凝视着房间的另一个角落。
- She was gazing in abstraction at the far corner of the room.
- [uncountable, countable] the action of removing something from something else; the process of being removed from something else
提取;抽取;分离 - water abstraction from rivers
从河流中抽取水
- water abstraction from rivers
词源late Middle English: from Latin abstractio(n-), from the verb abstrahere ‘draw away’ from ab- ‘from’ + trahere ‘draw off’.