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- academics living in ivory towers
生活在象牙塔中的学者
- academics living in ivory towers
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.- 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。 - ...ivory-tower intellectuals.
象牙塔中的知识分子
- They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is.
英英释义
noun
- a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place
- he lived in the ivory tower of speculation
- they viewed universities as ivory towers
双语例句
- 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; - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The professor be shut up in the ivory tower all the time.
教授整天在象牙塔里呆着。 - 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。 - 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。 - The professor lived in an ivory tower.
这个教授生活在象牙塔中。 - 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。