abstraction
/æbˈstrækʃən/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。
1.1
- 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。
2.1
- 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）。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin abstractio（n-）, from the verb abstrahere 'draw away'（see ABSTRACT）.