ivory tower

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌivory ˈtower noun [countable] a place or situation where you are separated from the difficulties of ordinary life and so are unable to understand them, used especially to describe a college or university 象牙塔〔脱离现实生活的小天地，尤用于描述大学〕 → academia an academic in an ivory tower 象牙塔中的学者

Examples from the Corpus

ivory tower• I think you live in an ivory tower.• Departmental barriers and ivory tower attitudes are detrimental to good results.• For heaven's sake, you've been breathing the rarefied air of the ivory tower for as long as I can remember.• I argued in Chapter 5 that the image of the ivory tower in no way describes the contemporary position of higher education.• Now to return to my dusty library at the top of the ivory tower.

ˌivory ˈtower nounChineseSyllable

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ivory tower
ˌivory ˈtower

noun [countable]
a place or situation where you are separated from the difficulties of ordinary life and so are unable to understand them, used especially to describe a college or university ⇨ academia:

an academic in an ivory tower

ivory tower

BrE

/ˌaɪvəri ˈtaʊə(r)/

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NAmE

/ˌaɪvəri ˈtaʊər/

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noun

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disapproving

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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 象牙塔（指远离问题、脱离现实的小天地）

◆academics living in ivory towers生活在象牙塔中的学者