ivory tower片语

象牙塔

He has lived in an ivory tower and knows nothing about real hardship.

他一直住在象牙塔里，对真正的艰苦一无所知。

学术界、学院常带贬义

After twenty years in the ivory tower, she took a job in industry.

在学术界待了二十年后，她转到产业界工作。

脱离现实的、空谈的仅用于名词前

Farmers dismissed the plan as ivory-tower thinking.

农民批评这个方案是脱离现实的空想。