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单词 ivory tower
释义
ivory tower
Word forms: ivory towers
countable noun [NOUN noun]
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. [disapproval]
Jenkins should get down from his ivory tower and sample the real world.
...ivory-tower intellectuals.
Synonyms: seclusion, remoteness, unreality, retreat  
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