The research shows that preschool children are capable of thinking in abstract terms.

研究表明，学龄前儿童具有抽象思维的能力。

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And not in abstract terms, either.

还不是在抽象的层面。

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Unlike other creatures, humans define the groups to which they belong in abstract terms.

和其他的生物不同，人们通过一些抽象的术语来定义他们所属的种群。

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He is standing in front of a bold and colorful painting similar to those created by the abstract-expressionist artist Jackson Pollock.

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They began with an abstract thought, discussed it, reminded each other of another abstract point forgotten in the rush of events.

他们从一个抽象的想法开始讨论，相互提醒着在匆忙中,被遗忘的另一个抽象概念。

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We used iterative deletion in a relatively abstract setting, or not abstract, rather a play setting last time in which were choosing numbers.

我们在相对抽象的背景下探讨迭代剔除,其实也没那么抽象,比如上一讲,我们做的选数字的游戏

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Nobody will believe that she was reflecting in abstract philosophical terms on the century's history.

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Flavin dabbled in Abstract Expressionism himself before turning to Minimalism and, ultimately, his signature fluorescent motif in the 1960s.

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The danger with a book like this is that it ends up lost in abstract discussion of difficult subjects.

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