abstracting

summary, abstract, digest, outline, resume

这些名词均含“摘要、概要、概括”之意。
summary: 普通用词，指将书籍或文章等的内容，用寥寥数语作简明扼要的说明。
abstract: 指论文、书籍等正文前的内容摘要，尤指学术论文或法律文件的研究提要。
digest: 侧重对原文融汇贯通，重新谋篇布局，以简明扼要的语言，简短篇幅成文，展现原作精华。
outline: 指配以释议文字的提纲。
resume: 源于洁语，与summary极相近，通常可互换使用。

动词 abstract:

1. consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
   同义词：abstract
2. make off with belongings of others
   同义词：pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
3. consider apart from a particular case or instance
   同义词：abstract
4. give an abstract (of)
   同义词：abstract

1. Abstract art is an acquired taste.
   抽象派艺术要慢慢才会欣赏。
2. I can not understand the so abstract concept.
   我无法理解如此抽象的观念。
3. A presentation of the substance of a body of material in a condensed form or by reducing it to its main points; an abstract.
   概要用简明的形式，并通过减少或保留其要点来对资料内容进行的描述; 摘要
4. We may talk of beautiful things, but beauty itself is abstract.
   我们尽可谈论美的事物，然而美本身却是抽象的。
5. He has some abstract notion of wanting to change the world.
   他有一种要改造世界的空想。