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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Don't live in an ivory tower; you should face reality.
别活在象牙塔里;你该面对现实。 - 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。 - Ivory tower assets are often provided too late to be of value to their intended audience or have far too much baggage to be of use in practice.
象牙塔资产经常提供得太迟了,对其预期的受众不能产生价值,或者有太多的冗余,在实践中没有用。 - 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。 - 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; - Living in your ivory tower at oxford, you can't imagine what it's like to go hungry.
你生活在牛津的象牙之塔中,想像不到挨饿是什么滋味。