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Abstraction 8569.Abstraction 英 əb'strækʃ(ə)N]美 æb'strækʃən 释义 N 抽象;提取;抽象概念;空想;心不在焉

正面 8569.abstraction
英 [əb'strækʃ(ə)n]美 [æb'strækʃən]

背面
释义:
n. 抽象;提取;抽象概念;空想;心不在焉
例句:
1. "Third World" is an abstraction, a form of shorthand.“第三世界”是个抽象概念,是一种简称。

1、abs- "away" + tract- + -ion.

abstraction (n.)c. 1400, "a withdrawal from worldly affairs, asceticism," from Old French abstraction (14c.), from Latin abstractionem (nominative abstractio), noun of action from past participle stem of abstrahere "drag away, pull away, divert" (see abstract (adj.)). Meaning "idea of something that has no actual existence" is from 1640s."

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