in the abstract

基本解释

Instead of just considering this question in the abstract, let's focus in on one particular example.
不要只是抽象地考虑这个问题，让我们集中到一个特殊的例子上去。
The first, and simpler, issue is exactly what the best XML representation would be in the abstract.
第一个问题，也是比较简单的问题，就是在理论上最佳的 XML 表示是什么。
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.
最后，或许就是这个特质才能最准确地表述我心目中的爱国主义──不仅是抽象地爱美国，而且是以非常具体的方式热爱美国人民，忠于美国人民。

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，问题就是，你有没有勇气去审视你到底是谁？,你有没有勇气去培养自己去爱的能力，不仅仅是抽象的爱，不仅仅是爱家人，而是爱其他所有人，这就是我所说的“满溢的爱”
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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.
通常在理论上,创新固然不错,但却很难实现,因为把创意变成现实,花费会相当的昂贵,实现这样的创意非常不合算
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Like many civilians, for me the military and military life exist in the abstract.
FORBES: Bridging Military and Civilian Understanding: What Petraeus Taught Us