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

• Don't live in an ivory tower; you should face reality.
  别活在象牙塔里；你该面对现实。
• 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。
• The professor lived in an ivory tower.
  这个教授生活在象牙塔中。
• 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。
• The professor be shut up in the ivory tower all the time.
  教授整天在象牙塔里呆着。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。