摘要

zhāiyào
  1. summary
  2. abstract

CEDICT

  1. excerpt; summary; abstract
  2. to summarize; to sum up

Wiktionary

将篇章或论文内容以简洁的文字扼要叙述。阅读摘要，即可了解原着大意。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 摘 zhāi
  1. to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)
  2. to select; to pick out
  3. to borrow money at a time of urgent need
2 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important

Related entries

小结 xiǎojié
  1. summary
  2. short
  3. brief
  4. wrap-up
提要 tíyào
  1. summary
  2. abstract
把书目提要交上。

Hand in a bibliography of your sources.

Source: Tatoeba

简介 jiǎnjiè
  1. summary
  2. brief introduction
概况 gàikuàng
  1. general situation
  2. summary
文摘 wénzhāi
  1. digest (of literature)
  2. to make a digest (of data)
  3. summary
案由 ànyóu
  1. main points of a case
  2. brief
  3. summary
总结 zǒngjié
  1. to sum up
  2. to conclude
  3. summary
  4. résumé

classifier: 個

他的论文总结了电脑，人造卫星和火箭三个的新成就。

His thesis summed up the new achievements made in computers, artificial satellites and rockets.

Source: Tatoeba

要略 yàolüè
  1. roughly
  2. outline
  3. summary
汇整 huìzhěng
  1. to collect and organize (papers etc)
  2. to archive (data)
  3. to summarize (evidence etc)
  4. summary
简述 jiǎnshù
  1. to outline
  2. to summarize
  3. to sketch
  4. summary
  5. brief description
  6. concise narrative
  7. in a nutshell
  8. briefly
大要 dàyào
  1. abstract
  2. gist
  3. main points
资本、土地和劳动是生产的三大要素。

Capital, land and labor are the three key factors of production.

Source: Tatoeba

抽象 chōuxiàng
  1. abstract
  2. abstraction

classifier: 種

这个描述太抽象了。

This description is too abstract.

Source: Tatoeba