词典释义：
the quality of dealing with ideas rather than events
抽象
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topics will vary in degrees of abstraction .各个题目的抽象程度不同。
[count noun]something which exists only as an idea
抽象概念
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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。
freedom from representational qualities in art
（艺术上的）抽象
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geometric abstraction has been a mainstay in her work .她作品的主体是几何抽象。
[count noun]an abstract work of art
抽象派艺术作品。
a state of preoccupation
出神，心不在焉
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she sensed his momentary abstraction .她感到他走了一下神。
the process of considering something independently of its associations, attributes, or concrete accompaniments
孤立的考虑
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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。
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）。
"late Middle English： from Latin