单词 | ivory tower |
释义 | ivory tower 1 ENTRIES FOUND: ivory tower (noun) ivory tower noun plural ivory towers ivory tower noun plural ivory towers Learner's definition of IVORY TOWER [count] disapproving : a place or situation in which people make and discuss theories about problems (such as poverty and racism) without having any experience with those problems象牙塔(指人们在脱离实践的情况下进行理论讨论的地方或情形) The book was written by some college professor who's spent her entire professional life in an ivory tower.这本书是某位大学教授写的,她一生都在象牙塔中从事专业研究。 — often used before another noun常用于另一名词前 an ivory-tower intellectual象牙塔里的知识分子 |
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