单词	ivory tower
释义	ivory towerˌivory ˈtower noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS 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. I think you live in an ivory tower. Now to return to my dusty library at the top of the ivory tower. 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
随便看	academic year Academy academy Academy Award Acadia acai berry a cappella Acapulco ACAS accede accelerando accelerant accelerate acceleration accelerator accelerometer accent accented accentuate accentuation accept acceptability acceptable acceptably acceptance

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