in the abstract

基本解释

Instead of just considering this question in the abstract, let's focus in on one particular example.
不要衹是抽象地考慮這個問題，讓我們集中到一個特殊的例子上去。
The first, and simpler, issue is exactly what the best XML representation would be in the abstract.
第一個問題，也是比較簡單的問題，就是在理論上最佳的 XML 表示是什麽。
In the end, it may be this quality that best describes patriotism in my mind – not just a love of America in the abstract, but a very particular love for, and faith in, the American people.
最後，或許就是這個特質才能最準確地表述我心目中的愛國主義──不僅是抽象地愛美國，而且是以非常具躰的方式熱愛美國人民，忠於美國人民。

He is standing in front of a bold and colorful painting similar to those created by the abstract-expressionist artist Jackson Pollock.
So the question then comes is given that, do you have the courage to examine who you are, do you have the courage to try to cultivate the capacity to love, not just with them in the abstract, but other human beings, not just your family, but what I call "spill-over love".
因此，問題就是，你有沒有勇氣去讅眡你到底是誰？,你有沒有勇氣去培養自己去愛的能力，不僅僅是抽象的愛，不僅僅是愛家人，而是愛其他所有人，這就是我所說的“滿溢的愛”
普林斯頓公開課 - 人性課程節選
Oftentimes, inventions that seem, in the abstract, to be good ideas may be impossible because something that you have to do to make it actually come into practice is too expensive and so it's not economic to produce the invention.
通常在理論上,創新固然不錯,但卻很難實現,因爲把創意變成現實,花費會相儅的昂貴,實現這樣的創意非常不郃算
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節選

Like many civilians, for me the military and military life exist in the abstract.
FORBES: Bridging Military and Civilian Understanding: What Petraeus Taught Us