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

• 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。
• JSF1 was developed in an ivory tower, and the results, arguably, were less than spectacular.
  JSF1就是在象牙塔中开发的，因此，它的出现并没有引起太大的轰动。
• With the development of our society, the campus no longer is an "Ivory Tower".
  随着社会的进步，大学校园不再是一个象牙塔。
• University campus is a beautiful ivory tower, where every occurrence of a life story of the journey will be a treasure.
  二大学校园是一座美丽的象牙塔，在这里发生的每一个故事都将成为人生旅途中的宝贵财富。
• Living in an ivory tower, Sally had no understanding of politics.
  萨莉身处象牙塔内，对政治一点也不了解。
• I do agree with you that we need a bridge between ivory tower and the main street.
  我非常赞同您说的，在象牙塔和街头的大众人群之间要有一座桥梁。
• 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。
• 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。
• Schrecker, Ellen. No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities. 1986.
  《没有象牙塔：麦卡锡主义和大学》1986。
• We don't want to be pushing something out of an ivory tower somewhere.
  我们不想从某个象牙塔里推出什么东西。