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Abstract

?a short piece of writing containing the main ideas in a document

SYNONYM summary

?an abstract work of art

释义：摘要；提要；梗概；

抽象画；抽象派艺术作品

例句：

There is a section at the end of the magazine that includes abstracts of recent articles/books.

杂志的最后一部分收录了近期发表的文章／出版的书籍的摘要。

Kandinsky’s first pure abstracts are marked by their wild colour.

康定斯基纯抽象作品以其野生的色彩为标志。

?abstract something (from something) to remove something from somewhere

?abstract something (specialist) to make a written summary of a book, etc.

释义：提取；抽取；摘录……要点；转移（注意等）

例句：

She abstracted the main points from the argument.

她提取出了这场辩论里的要点。

Their plan is to abstract 8 million gallons of water from the river.

他们计划从河里抽取800万加仑水。