ivory tower

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌaɪ.vər.i ˈtaʊər]
• 美式音标 [ˌaɪ.vɚ.i ˈtaʊ.ɚ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 象牙塔（指脱离现实生活的小天地）

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• But some parts of the ivory tower have proved harder to occupy than others.
  但象牙塔的某些部分确实比之其他部分更难到达。
• When do we learn our most important skills - the sand box or the ivory tower?
  我们何时学会了最重要的技能——生活中还是象牙塔内？
• Success is the most desirable thing, and everyone wants it, especially for those students who just gradate from ivory tower.
  成功是件好事，每个人都渴望成功，尤其对那些刚刚从象牙塔毕业的大学生。

原声例句

• We are going to bridge Ivory tower and Main Street, and show the science and also the danger behind that belief.
  我们将连通象牙塔和主街，说明那个信仰背后的科学和危险。
  哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选
• The explicit mandate of positive psychology as well as of this class is to create a bridge between Ivory tower and mainstreet.
  积极心理学及本课程的宗旨非常明确,就是要在象牙塔及大众间构建桥梁。
  哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选
• And it's up to you,to take responsibility, to bridge the Ivory tower and Main Street.
  能否搭起学校与社会的桥梁，取决于我们自己。
  哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

权威例句

• The folks at Wharton should leave the Ivory tower and get out into the real world.
  FORBES: Why is so Little Money Invested in Index Funds

词组短语

短语

• Ivory y tower 象牙塔
• of the Ivory Tower 象牙塔之
• From your ivory tower 从你的象牙塔里;从你的小世界里;从你的象牙塔
• Into The Ivory Tower 唱片名
• The Ivory Tower 象牙塔

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• 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.

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.

专业释义

新闻学与传播学

• 象牙塔