ivory tower

英 [ˌaɪvəri ˈtaʊə(r)]

美 [ˌaɪvəri ˈtaʊər]

n.  象牙塔(指逃避问题、脱离现实的小天地)

牛津词典

noun

• 象牙塔（指逃避问题、脱离现实的小天地）
  a place or situation where you are separated from the problems and practical aspects of normal life and therefore do not have to worry about or understand them
  1. academics living in ivory towers
     生活在象牙塔中的学者

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 象牙塔(指脱离实际生活的小天地)
  If you describe someone as living in anivory tower, you mean that they have no knowledge or experience of the practical problems of everyday life.
  1. They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is.
     他们身处象牙塔中,并不真正了解毒品犯罪的危害有多大。
  2. ...ivory-tower intellectuals.
     象牙塔中的知识分子

英英释义

noun

• a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place
  1. he lived in the ivory tower of speculation
  2. they viewed universities as ivory towers

双语例句

• The professor lives in an ivory tower; he does not pay much attention to current events.
  这位教授生活在象牙塔中，不太关心时事。
• I approve of business schools carrying out research, but it should be practical, not ivory tower.
  我赞成商学院搞研究，但必须注重实践，而不是躲在象牙塔里。
• Perhaps he should have stepped down from the ivory tower and addressed concrete issues.
  或许，他本应该走出象牙塔，来解决更实际的问题。
• He saw he should no longer shut himself up in his ivory tower.
  他认识到不应再把自己关在象牙塔里。
• Isolated in their ivory tower of learning, they kept their distance.
  他们将自己孤立在学习的象牙塔中，与别人保持距离。
• We hope that people here don't just live in an ivory tower.
  我们希望这里的人们不要只是生活在象牙塔中。
• So in many respects, JSF2 combines the best aspects of ivory tower and real world.
  因此，JSF2在许多方面都结合了象牙塔和真实世界的长处。
• Xiao Yu is like a princess who lives in an ivory tower.
  小玉就象个一直生活在象牙之塔里的公主。
• In most countries, universities have tried to erase their ivory tower image.
  大多数国家的大学都试图去掉其象牙塔的印象。
• My classmates are married, and I was hiding the ivory tower;
  我的同学们都成家立业了，我还在象牙塔里躲藏；