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The meaning of "ivory tower" What is the meaning of " ivory tower "? I found out the term when I read a book and in it, it says "Sometimes we get a little too cut off from the real world up here in our Manhattan ivory tower." I actually couldn't catch the meaning of "ivory tower." When do you use the term? and how do you use it? Please give me some examples using the term...
Sep 1, 2012 2:30 AM
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ivory tower 报错 n. 象牙塔(指脱离现实生活的小天地) 网络释义专业释义英英释义象牙塔Chinese word for "tower",... ...gate tower 门楼 ...ivory tower 象牙之塔,逃避现实生活的隐蔽处;象牙塔 ...Leaning Tower of Pisa 比萨斜塔 ... ... 基于505个网页-相关网页 空中楼阁社会发展常用语(中英)2 ...· 空中教育 education through broadcast media· 空中楼阁 castle in the air; daydream; ivory tower· 空中小姐 air hostess; air stewardess ... 基于66个网页- 相关网页 高等学府雅思(ielts)听力考试场景词汇:Schools ... alma mater 母校,校歌 ivory tower 象牙塔,高等学府(喻) college 专科学校,大学,学院 ... 基于19个网页- 相关网页 象牙之塔正 在《西方教育词典》里,专门有一条"象牙之塔"(Ivory Tower)的条目,其注释是:"知识分子和学者以及特别是大学教师,有时受人指责为身居‘象牙之塔’,使自己脱离社会生活 .. 基于9个网页- 相关网页 短语 ivory-tower象牙塔 an ivory tower象牙塔 From your ivory tower从你的小世界里 IVORY TOWER TREASURES鞋子 Mystical Ivory Tower神秘象牙塔 the ivory tower象牙塔;白色巨塔 Inside the Ivory Tower象牙塔内 Songs From The Ivory Tower唱片名 the ivory tower of universities大学这座象牙塔 更多收起网络短语 专业: 新闻学与传播学 象牙塔 ·以上统计来源于2,447,534篇论文数据,部分数据来源于NoteExpress ivory tower n. a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place 以上来源于: WordNet 双语例句原声例句权威例句On its trip from essay to book “In the Basement of the Ivory Tower” has taken some odd detours. It’s morphed into something new. 在从那篇文章发展到《象牙塔的地下室里》这本书的过程中,发生了一些奇特的转变,最后变成了新的东西。 dongxi.net But suddenly, big money is starting to flow into the ivory tower, as university administrators wake up to the commercial potential of academic research. 但是,大量金钱现在开始流入大学这座象牙塔,因为大学管理者开始意识到学术研究的商业潜力。 www.hjenglish.com One pitfall with the concept of an architecture team is that it is sometimes perceived by others in the organization as an "ivory tower," whose output is intellectual rather than useful. 构架师小组的概念有一个缺陷,他们有时被团队中的其他人认为是在"象牙塔"里工作,因为他们的产品经常是很有智慧的但却没有使用价值。 www.ibm.com 更多双语例句 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 This body's open for business. It seems only one ivory tower is being stormed tonight. 我身体应该上上台面了。 似乎唯一的象牙塔也要经历风雨了。 绯闻女孩第2季第9集 - 搜狐视频 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 更多原声例句 "These things are done in an ivory tower, " he told the BBC Politics Show in the West Midlands. BBC: Row over plans to cut MP numbers in the West Midlands It's pretty easy to say from an ivory tower what our troops need and what they don't need. ENGADGET: F-22 Raptors' systems crash mid-flight over Pacific The Ivory Tower, however, was not quite as thrilled with her plans to spread this message as she was. FORBES: Most Popular 更多权威例句
September 1, 2012
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September 1, 2012
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