It is easier to think in concrete terms rather than in the abstract.

结合具体的事物来思考要比抽象思考容易些。

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I'm thinking of the general problem of the abstraction of virtue, an abstract notion of virtue. Think of all the questions that all of us at some point or other tend to associate with virtue.

我在思考贞操这个抽象概念，贞操这一抽象的概念，想想所有那些，我们时不时的会由贞操想到的问题。

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Material possessions are harder to think about in an abstract sense.

物质占有难以用抽象的感受进行回想。

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I think once you get into a place, it's easy to be abstract, human right.

我想一旦你到了一个地方，人权这个话题很容易变得抽象。

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I'm thinking of the general problem of the abstraction of virtue, an abstract notion of virtue. Think of all the questions that all of us at some point or other tend to associate with virtue.

我在思考贞操这个抽象概念，贞操这一抽象的概念，想想所有那些,我们时不时的会由贞操想到的问题。

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The prefrontal cortex enables us to plan, to innovate, to solve complex problems, to think abstract thoughts, to have visionary ideas.

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Today nearly everyone has come to think of money as abstract--an entry on a money market fund statement, for example.

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But I think probably more importantly, it's the abstract idea of an ultimate authority figure, and to date I think we haven't changed out perception of that person from male to female, or without gender.

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