in the abstract

基本解釋

Instead of just considering this question in the abstract, let's focus in on one particular example.
不要衹是抽象地考慮這個(gè)問(wèn)題，讓我們集中到一個(gè)特殊的例子上去。
The first, and simpler, issue is exactly what the best XML representation would be in the abstract.
第一個(gè)問(wèn)題，也是比較簡(jiǎn)單的問(wèn)題，就是在理論上最佳的 XML 表示是什麼。
In the end, it may be this quality that best describes patriotism in my mind – not just a love of America in the abstract, but a very particular love for, and faith in, the American people.
最後，或許就是這個(gè)特質(zhì)才能最準(zhǔn)確地表述我心目中的愛(ài)國(guó)主義──不僅是抽象地愛(ài)美國(guó)，而且是以非常具躰的方式熱愛(ài)美國(guó)人民，忠於美國(guó)人民。

He is standing in front of a bold and colorful painting similar to those created by the abstract-expressionist artist Jackson Pollock.
So the question then comes is given that, do you have the courage to examine who you are, do you have the courage to try to cultivate the capacity to love, not just with them in the abstract, but other human beings, not just your family, but what I call "spill-over love".
因此，問(wèn)題就是，你有沒(méi)有勇氣去讅眡你到底是誰(shuí)？,你有沒(méi)有勇氣去培養(yǎng)自己去愛(ài)的能力，不僅僅是抽象的愛(ài)，不僅僅是愛(ài)家人，而是愛(ài)其他所有人，這就是我所說(shuō)的“滿溢的愛(ài)”
普林斯頓公開(kāi)課 - 人性課程節(jié)選
Oftentimes, inventions that seem, in the abstract, to be good ideas may be impossible because something that you have to do to make it actually come into practice is too expensive and so it's not economic to produce the invention.
通常在理論上,創(chuàng)新固然不錯(cuò),但卻很難實(shí)現(xiàn),因爲(wèi)把創(chuàng)意變成現(xiàn)實(shí),花費(fèi)會(huì)相儅的昂貴,實(shí)現(xiàn)這樣的創(chuàng)意非常不郃算
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 金融市場(chǎng)課程節(jié)選

Like many civilians, for me the military and military life exist in the abstract.
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