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词汇 ivory tower
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ivory tower

noun
/ˌaɪvəri ˈtaʊə(r)/
/ˌaɪvəri ˈtaʊər/
(disapproving)
  1. 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
    词源early 20th cent.: translating French tour d'ivoire, used by the writer Sainte-Beuve.
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