粵

抽cau1象zoeng6

cau1 zoeng6chōu xiàng

English

  1. abstract
  2. abstract, not concrete
  3. abstraction

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 從眾多嘅事物中抽取出共同嘅、本質性嘅特徵,而捨棄啲非本質嘅特徵;唔具體

Examples

  • 抽象畫

    abstract painting

  • 你講得太抽象喇,我唔係咁聽得明。

    What you said is too abstract, I don't really understand.

  • 對佢嚟講,「肚餓」係一個抽象嘅概念,因為佢根本就無試過肚餓。

    To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我成日都好難講經濟學或者哲學呢啲抽象嘅話題。 畢竟,有好多術語係人哋從來未用過或者未聽過嘅。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 这个描述太抽象了。

    This description is too abstract.

    Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

  • 一些抽象藝術是很難理解的。

    Some abstract art is difficult to understand.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 對他來說,「肚子餓」是個抽象的概念,因為他從來就沒有餓過。

    To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 尼采认为,哲学家应该少一点自命不凡,多关注人的价值问题,而不是抽象的体系。

    Nietzsche believes philosophers should stop riding their high horse and focus more on people's differences in values, instead of abstract systems.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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