abstracting

• Mathematics deals with abstract concepts, which are derived from properties of physical bodies .
  数学是搞抽象概念的，而抽象概念则来自实物的属性。
• Though she knew the small number of his talents she appreciated his abstract value as a male .
  尽管知道他才疏学浅，她却依然珍重他作为男性的抽象价值。
• The theory is completely abstract instead of being based on a more or less mechanical model .
  这个理论完全是抽象的，而不是建立在多少有点机械的模型之上的。
• They knew, as an abstract proposition, that in matters of business all men are to be accounted liars .
  作为一个抽象的理论，他们知道在买卖上，一切人都可以算作骗子。
• Now and then lord henry looked across at him, wondering at his silence and abstracted manner .
  亨利勋爵不时地隔着桌子瞧着他，对他一言不发和魂不守舍的态度感到奇怪。
• Sociology abstracts from the complexity of social life which is "purely society," that is, sociation .
  社会学从复杂的社会生活中抽象出“纯社会”的东西，即社会交往。
• The greeks had recognized that abstract or mathematical space is distinct from sensory perceptions of space .
  希腊人已经承认抽象的或数学的空间不同于感性认识的空间。
• For these people are simply not intellectually capable of abstract reasoning-they can't grasp theories .
  因为这些人头脑简单，简直难以理喻--他们根本接受不了任何理论。
• One of the more powerful approaches for abstracting and simplifying natural phenomena is the use of conceptual models .
  简化抽象自然现象的一种比较有效的途径是采用理想模型。