| 单词 |
abstractive |
| 释义 |
abstractive, a. and n.|æbˈstræktɪv|
[ad. assumed L. *abstractīvus, f. abstract-us: see abstract and -ive.]
A. adj. Of abstracting character or tendency.
a. Drawing back, withdrawing.
b. Having the power of abstraction; performing the mental operation of abstraction.
c. Epitomizing.
1490Caxton Eneydos xii. 47 Elysse was esprysed with brennyng loue towarde Enee, leuynge by dyspense abstractyue her first vowes of chastyte promysed. 1610Healey Aug. City of God ix. xvi. 336 The wisest men in their greatest height of abstractiue speculation. 1668Howe Bl. of Righteous (1825) 92 How can we divide, in our most abstractive thoughts, the highest pleasures..from this dependence. 1859Sir W. Hamilton Lect. on Metaph. II. xxxiv. 284 The human body..is thus itself a kind of abstractive machine. The senses cannot but abstract. 1862Athenæum 559/2 We should like to see Mr. Mill's abstractive descriptions reprinted.
B. n. Anything abstractive; spec. an abstractive writing, an abstract.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xxi. 67 These are the abstractiues taken out of larger discourses, whereof you may reade if you please, more in Hollinshead. |
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