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 lived in an ivory tower.
  这个教授生活在象牙塔中。
• Last summer I got out of the ivory tower and entered the real world.
  去年夏天我走出象牙塔，真实的世界。
• 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。
• 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。
• My own ivory tower provides a view of basic science, where economists do not venture.
  我的个人研究形成了一种针对基础科学的看法，而经济学家没有做到这一点。
• The spirit of change has even begun to take root inside the ivory tower.
  变革的精神甚至已经开始在象牙塔内部扎根。
• 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。
• We should learn to respond to the need of the world instead of building in our ivory tower.
  我们应当学习回应世界的需要，而非在象牙塔内画地自限。
• 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；
• 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。