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i.vor.yH5aI7v[r7i, $-vL-n [U]the hard white substance from which the TUSKS (=long teeth growing outside the mouth) of some animals such as ELEPHANTS are made象牙，（海象等的）长牙intricately carved ivory精细雕刻的象牙制品a ban on ivory trading象牙交易禁令ivory handles象牙制把手To live or be in an ivory tower is not to know about or to want to avoid the ordinary and unpleasant things that happen in people's lives.象牙塔You can tell from their comments about children that they are living in an ivory tower where no one ever shouts or argues.你从他们关于儿童的评论可以知道他们生活在任何人都不会大叫或争吵的象牙塔中。Academics in their ivory towers don't seem to worry about how it will affect ordinary people.生活在象牙塔中的学究们似乎不担心这将如何影响普通人的生活。He was criticized for taking an ivory-tower approach to the problem.他因对这个问题采取脱离实际的研究方法而受到批评。
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