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

• 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。
• Art has been regarded as the ivory tower, some bubble isolated from life, or some hyperplasia of a developed civilization.
  艺术被看作象牙之塔，某种孤立于生活的气泡，或者一个发达了的文明的增生症。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't live in an ivory tower; you should face reality.
  别活在象牙塔里；你该面对现实。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。