tower of ivory

基本解释

Thy mouth is like a band of scarlet on a tower of ivory.
你的嘴唇就像是象牙塔上的一抹鲜红。
When just attending a college, be full of the enthusiastic the tower of ivory that comes in this ideal, want to make a career one time!
刚刚上大学的时候，满怀热情的来到这个理想中的象牙塔，想要成就一番事业！
College is the tower of ivory bestriding real life. Thus, it ought to guide the entire society with a value surpassing any mundane life.
大学是一座高居于现实生活之上的象牙塔，它应该能有一种超越世俗生活的价值高度引导社会。

The explicit mandate of positive psychology as well as of this class is to create a bridge between Ivory tower and mainstreet.
积极心理学及本课程的宗旨非常明确,就是要在象牙塔及大众间构建桥梁。
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The idea of bridging Ivory tower and Main Street.
也就是，搭起学校与社会之间的桥梁的想法。
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Lastly, spending time in the stores vs. only in the ivory tower of the corporate office is a must.
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The logic behind long-only equity, that risky assets deserve higher growth potential and straight market exposure will provide acceptable returns, works well in the ivory tower of modern portfolio theory, but often takes decades to deliver results in practice.
FORBES: Rethinking Long-Only Equity