There are rare instances when justice almost ceases to be an abstract concept.
在个别情况下，正义不再是一种抽象概念。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 35 Justice was done
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 罕见的，特殊的;优秀的，不寻常的;稀薄的，经过稀化的;
💡 rar-, rare- 表”少,薄;不普通的,不常见的”
"He buys rare baseball cards on eBay."
他从易趣网上购买珍稀的棒球卡。
近义：infrequent, peculiar, scant, unaccustomed, uncharacteristic, uncommon
反义：regular, repeating, rife, common, frequent
n. 正义;公正;法律制裁;审判员，法官;
💡 just公正的+ice表名词 →正义
"a fugitive from justice"
逃犯
近义：right, equity, fairness, arbitrator, judge, magistrate
反义：unfairness
adv. 几乎，差不多;将近;快要;近乎;
💡 al(all)+most→差不多；几乎(=nearly)
"I like almost all of them."
我差不多所有的都喜欢。
近义：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nearly
反义：liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
adj. 抽象的，理论上的;难解的;抽象派的;茫然的;
n. 抽象概念;抽象派艺术作品;摘要;[化]萃取物;
vt. 提取，分离;转移（注意等）;概括，摘录;<婉辞>剽窃;
💡 abs向外+tract拉→把整体向外拉出一部分→抽象出来的
"The law is still too abstract."
反垄断法仍然太抽象。
近义：absorb, withdraw, detach, disassociate, dissociate, abridge
反义：append, sum, summate, aggregate, stretch, augment
n. 观念，概念;观点;思想，设想，想法;总的印象;
💡 con共同+cept掌握→能共同掌握的→概念，设计
"the concept of social class"
社会等级的概念
近义：idea, knowledge, notion, thought, understanding, belief
反义：imprecision, inaccuracy, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstruction, misinterpretation