ivory tower片語KK [ˋaɪvɚi ˋtaʊɚ] /ˈaɪvɚi ˈtaʊɚ/發音片語1象牙塔He has lived in an ivory tower and knows nothing about real hardship.他一直住在象牙塔裡，對真正的艱苦一無所知。2學術界、學院常帶貶義After twenty years in the ivory tower, she took a job in industry.在學術界待了二十年後，她轉到產業界工作。形容詞1脫離現實的、空談的僅用於名詞前Farmers dismissed the plan as ivory-tower thinking.農民批評這個方案是脫離現實的空想。