例句 |
abstractsnounpl. of abstract a short statement of the main pointsthe scientist wrote a bare-bones abstract of his research and conclusions breviaries, briefs, capsules, conspectuses, digests, encapsulations, epitomes, inventories, outlines, précis, recapitulations, recaps, résumés(or resumes also resumés), roundups, rundowns, run-throughs, summae, summaries, summarizations, summings-up, sums, sum-ups, synopses, wrap-ups abbreviations, abridgments(or abridgements), compendiums(or compendia), compends, condensations, curtailments, shorteningssimplificationsrehashes, reprisesconclusions, epilogues(also epilogs) amplifications, enlargements, expansionsaddenda(also addendums), supplements a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)a recent college valedictorian who's been hailed as the very abstract of what's right with today's young people avatars, embodiers, embodiments, epitomes, externalizations, geniuses(or genii), icons(also ikons), images, incarnations, incorporations, instantiations, manifestations, objectifications, personifications, personifiers actualizations, concretizations, exemplifications, personalizations, realizations, substantiationsessences, quintessences, soulsarchetypes, exemplars, models, paradigms, patternsreincarnations abstractsverbpresent tense third-person singular of abstractto draw the attention or mind to something elsepersonal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work calls off, detracts, distracts, diverts, throws off amuses, beguiles, entertainsstrays, wanders concentrates, focuses(or focusses) to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)took the 135-page report and abstracted it in three short paragraphs boils down, briefs, digests, encapsulates, epitomizes, outlines, recapitulates, recaps, reprises, summarizes, sums up, synopsizes, wraps up abridges, condenses, curtails, cuts back, shortensdownsizes, shrinksconcentrates, consolidatesdecocts, essentializessimplifies, streamlines elongates, extends, lengthens, prolongs, protractsamplifies, elaborates (on or upon), enlarges (on or upon), expands, supplements |