ivory tower

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von ivory tower im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

fildişi kule

hayâl alemi

hayâl dünyası

Relevante Übersetzungen

live in an ivory tower

hayâl aleminde yaşamak

live in an ivory tower

(deyim) hayaller aleminde yaşamak

one's ivory tower

(deyim) dunya gerceklerinden uzak hayal alemi

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von ivory tower im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A sheltered, overly-academic existence or perspective, implying a disconnection or lack of awareness of reality or practical considerations

Hamilton College is an ivory tower with an open bar, and so I - who work and play equally hard - have come to love this place, and have been dead-set against leaving it.

a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place; "he lived in the ivory tower of speculation"; "they viewed universities as ivory towers

place withdrawn from the troubles and pressures of everyday life, attitude of aloofness

disapproval 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. They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is. A place or attitude of retreat, especially preoccupation with lofty, remote, or intellectual considerations rather than practical everyday life. a place or situation where you are separated from the difficulties of ordinary life and so are unable to understand them, used especially to describe a college or university

Relevante Übersetzungen

ivory towers

plural form of ivory tower

Silbentrennung

i·vo·ry tow·er

Türkische aussprache

ayvri tauır

Synonyme

halls of ivy, hermitage, intellectual isolation, study

Aussprache

/ˈīvrē ˈtouər/ /ˈaɪvriː ˈtaʊɜr/

Etymologie

() While the term is used in Song of Solomon 7:4, its meaning is literal. The current figurative meaning comes from French tour d'ivoire, attributed to Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, who used it in Les consolations poem to compare the poet Alfred de Vigny (more isolated) with Victor Hugo (more socially engaged)(fr) Joseph Delorme, Poésies complètes de Sainte-Beuve, Charpentier et Cie, 1869, p. 374, . The first known written use in English is H. L. Bergson's Laughter (1911) by Frederick Rothwell and Cloudesley Shovell Henry Brereton.(en) The Phrase Finder