ab·strac·tion
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.
“民族”这个概念可以被视为一个抽象概念。
- 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.
她心不在焉地凝视着房间的远处角落。
- 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
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin abstractio(n-), from the verb abstrahere ‘draw away’ from ab- ‘from’ + trahere ‘draw off’.