Ivory tower
01
象牙の塔, 象牙の塔
a situation or state in which someone does not know or wishes to avoid the unpleasant things that can normally happen to people in their ordinary lives
Disapproving
Idiom
Informal
例
The book was written by some college professor who 's spent her entire professional life in an ivory tower.
その本は、彼女の専門的な人生のすべてを象牙の塔で過ごしたある大学教授によって書かれました。
The professor 's theories are intriguing, but they often come across as ivory tower ideas that do n't consider real-world constraints.
教授の理論は興味深いが、現実世界の制約を考慮しない象牙の塔のアイデアとしてしばしば受け取られる。
