英语小点心：抽象的怎么说？

ab·stract\ab-ˈstrakt, ˈab-ˌ\

adjective

: relating to or involving general ideas or qualities rather than specific people, objects, or actions

of art : expressing ideas and emotions by using elements such as colors and lines without attempting to create a realistic picture

Full Definition

1 a : disassociated from any specific instance <an abstract entity>

b : difficult to understand : abstruse <abstract problems>

c : insufficiently factual : formal <possessed only an abstract right>

2 : expressing a quality apart from an object <the word poem is concrete, poetry is abstract>

3 a : dealing with a subject in its abstract aspects : theoretical <abstract science>

b : impersonal, detached <the abstract compassion of a surgeon — Time>

4 : having only intrinsic form with little or no attempt at pictorial representation or narrative content <abstract painting>

ab·stract·ly \ab-ˈstrak(t)-lē, ˈab-ˌ\ adverb

ab·stract·ness \ab-ˈstrak(t)-nəs, ˈab-ˌ\ noun

Examples

abstract ideas such as love and hate

“Honesty” is an abstract word.

The word “poem” is concrete, the word “poetry” is abstract.

Origin: Medieval Latin abstractus, from Latin, past participle of abstrahere to drag away, from abs-, ab- + trahere to pull, draw.

First use: 14th century

Synonyms: conceptual, ideal, ideational, metaphysical, notional, theoretical (also theoretic)

Antonyms: concrete, nonabstract

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ab·stract\ˈab-ˌstrakt, in sense 2 also ab-ˈ\

noun

: a brief written statement of the main points or facts in a longer report, speech, etc.

: an abstract work of art (such as a painting)

Full Definition

1 : a summary of points (as of a writing) usually presented in skeletal form; also : something that summarizes or concentrates the essentials of a larger thing or several things

2 : an abstract thing or state (see 1abstract )

3 : abstraction 4a

Examples

an artist admired for his abstracts

the scientist wrote a bare-bones abstract of his research and conclusions

Origin: Middle English, from Latin abstractus (see 1abstract ).

First use: 15th century

Synonyms: summary, breviary, brief, capsule, conspectus, digest, encapsulation, epitome, inventory, outline, précis, recap, recapitulation, résumé (or resume also resumé), roundup, rundown, run-through, sum, summa, summarization, summing-up, sum-up, synopsis, wrap-up

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ab·stract\ab-ˈstrakt, ˈab-ˌ, in sense 3 usually ˈab-ˌ\

verb

: to make a summary of the main parts of (a report, speech, etc.) : to make an abstract of (something)

: to obtain or remove (something) froma source

: to steal (something)

Full Definition

transitive verb

1 : remove, separate

2 : to consider apart from application to or association with a particular instance

3 : to make a summary or abstract of : summarize

4 : to draw away the attention of

5 : steal, purloin

intransitive verb

: to make an abstraction

ab·stract·able \-ˈstrak-tə-bəl, -ˌstrak-\ adjective

ab·strac·tor or ab·stract·er \-tər\ noun

Examples

Data for the study was abstracted from hospital records.

personal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work

Origin: (see 1abstract ).

First use: 1542

Synonyms: distract, call off, detract, divert, throw off

英语小点心：抽象的怎么说？