If we say it is the world of matter, or the world of atoms, we are left behind by modern physics, which characterizes the world in far more abstract terms.

如果我们说自然世界就是物质的世界或原子的世界，那么我们只是被弃于现代物理学远为抽象的概念术语之后。

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Now, I'm going to abstract from risk. Let's assume that we know that this thing is going to be paid, so it's a matter of simple time.

现在，我将总结一下风险，让我们假设我们知道某个东西将要被支付。

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Translation activity is always closely related with abstract and visualized thinking ability no matter it's in the stage of understanding or in the stage of expression.

无论在理解阶段，还是在表达阶段，翻译活动总是与主体的抽象、形象思维能力紧紧相连。

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If something is good just because it is pleasurable, what does it matter whether you have sort of an abstract idea of whether it is good by someone else's sense or not?

既然令人喜爱的事物就是好的，那么何必在乎,别人对它的感受如何，这般抽象的观念呢？

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The cross-sections of tissue from frogs, newts, slime mold, cockroaches and other organic matter are beautiful, like works of the Abstract Expressionists with which they are contemporaneous.

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Our poll shows they have voter sentiment with them in the abstract, but holding those voters through the details of deficit reduction is another matter.

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