At this level of abstraction, plainly there isn't all that much incentive to apply thinking of that kind, but on the other hand undoubtedly theory does exist for the most part to be applied.

就这门课程中理论的抽象程度而言，没必要把它,用于实践，但是在绝大多数情况下,理论无疑都是为了实践而存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

His works seem less theoretical constructing abstract models of political life than advice-giving, in the sense of serving as a sort of civic-minded arbiter of public disputes.

他的著作较不偏向理论,建构政治生活的抽象模型看来,反而较像是提供建言，功能像是一种公益型的裁决,旨在处理公共争端。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The pieces that we pulled off the shelf here were ultimately reduced to things like 4 loops and what we'll call functions and what we'll call abstraction; and all these fundamentals that at first glance might have some fairly RK and jargon associated with them.

我们可以把现有的课程,分为四大领域,以及应用型课程和抽象理论课程,乍一看，所有这些基础课程,都可能会和RK及与之相关的术语联系在一起。

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