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单词 ivory tower
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ivory tower
ˈtaʊə
Word forms: plural ivory towers
N-COUNT [NOUN n] 象牙塔(指脱离实际生活的小天地) If you describe someone as living in an ivory tower, you mean that they have no knowledge or experience of the practical problems of everyday life. 象牙塔(指脱离实际生活的小天地) [disapproval]
  • 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

SYN seclusion, remoteness, unreality, retreat
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