ivory tower

1. N-COUNT If you describe someone as living in an ivory tower, you mean that they have no knowledge or experience of the practical problems of everyday life. 象牙塔; 指脫離實(shí)際生活和經(jīng)驗(yàn)的閉塞空間[usu prep N, N n] [表不滿]

They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is. 身處象牙塔里，他們并不真正懂得毒品犯罪多么有害。