象牙塔

You know, those are the things in the ivory tower.

你知道，那些都是象牙塔里的东西。

I may still be in an ivory tower, but I really want to grow up.

我可以在象牙塔内，但我真想长大。

I don't know what it looks like up there in your ivory tower.

我不知道在你的象牙塔上是怎么一副光景。

Sara: I don't know what it looks like up there in your ivory tower.

我真不知道你的象牙塔里，到底是怎样的一番景色

However, the reality of the spiritual ivory tower is not as we imagine, as perfect.

然而，现实中象牙塔的精神文明并非如我们所想象的那样完美。

Living in an ivory tower, he had no understanding of politics.

他在象牙塔里，对政治一点不了解。

For him , the lab is his ivory tower where he can be satisfied to explore the science theory.

对他来说，实验室是他的象牙塔，在那里他可以称心如意地探索理论科学。

Last summer I got out of the ivory tower and entered the real world.

去年夏天我走出象牙塔，进入真实的世界。

In fact, these I know, I told myself yearning for the ivory tower must be entered.

其实这些我都知道，我也告诉自己一定要步入向往的象牙塔。

This summer I got out of the ivory tower and entered the real world.

今年暑假，我跨出象牙塔，进入并接触到了真正的社会。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。