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

We need to recognize that development knowledge is no longer the sole province of the researcher, the scholar, or the ivory tower.
我们需要承认，发展知识不再是研究者、学者或象牙塔的唯一领地。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Don't live in an ivory tower; you should face reality.
别活在象牙塔里；你该面对现实。
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。
Schrecker, Ellen. No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities. 1986.
《没有象牙塔：麦卡锡主义和大学》1986。
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。
These centralized teams should not work in "an ivory tower," rather they should work closely with the project teams to prove and refine the solution, harvesting the experiences as they move forward.
这些集中化的团队不应该工作在“象牙塔”中，而应当与项目团队紧密联系，去验证和提炼解决方法，在前进的同时收获经验。