| Front | abstract |
|---|---|
| Pron | ['æbstrækt] |
| Back | 【ABSTRACT】 Some authors are not popular because their writings are too abstract. 有些作家因文章过于抽象而不受欢迎。 【重点词汇】 abstract adj. 抽象的 反: concrete |
| Vocab | abstractexisting only in the mind; separated from embodiment
Use the adjective abstract for something that is not a material object or is general and not based on specific examples. Abstract is from a Latin word meaning "pulled away, detached," and the basic idea is of something detached from physical, or concrete, reality. It is frequently used of ideas, meaning that they don't have a clear applicability to real life, and of art, meaning that it doesn't pictorially represent reality. It is also used as a noun, especially in the phrase "in the abstract" (a joke has a person laying down a new sidewalk saying "I like little boys in the abstract, but not in the concrete"), and as a verb (accented on the second syllable), meaning "to remove." All forms of 'abstract' will appear on average once every 249 pages. abstract abstracted abstracter abstraction abstractive abstractly abstractness abstractor semiabstract abstractedly abstractedness abstractionism semi-abstraction abstractionist |
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