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.
双语例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Andrew noticed her abstraction and asked, "What's bothering you?"
安德鲁注意到她在愣神,便问道:“你怎么啦?”
来自柯林斯例句
3. water abstraction from rivers
从河流中抽取水
来自《权威词典》
4. The idea of redness is an abstraction.
红色概念是一种抽象概念.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. The abstraction , generally as the opposite the real, is mostly misunderstood as absence of content.