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

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。
Don't live in an ivory tower; you should face reality.
别活在象牙塔里；你该面对现实。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
The professor lived in an ivory tower.
这个教授生活在象牙塔中。
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。