ivory tower
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˌaɪ.vər.i ˈtaʊər/us/ˌaɪ.vɚ.i ˈtaʊ.ɚ/Toliveor be in anivorytoweris not toknowabout or towanttoavoidtheordinaryandunpleasantthings thathappenin people'slives:
象牙塔Academicssittinginivorytowershave nounderstandingof what isimportantforordinarypeople.坐在象牙塔里的学究们并不了解普通人的需求。
Aware
- abreast
- acquainted
- alive
- alive tosomethingidiom
- awake
- awakening
- conscious
- familiar
- gen
- genned up
- have/keepyourfinger on the pulseidiom
- informed
- insider
- overeducated
- perceive
- picture
- preliterate
- privy
- profound
- putsomeonein the pictureidiom
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