象牙塔 [－－－]

Jyutping zoeng6 ngaa4 taap3
Pinyin xiàng yá tǎ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. ivory tower
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    脱離​現實​生活​嘅​學​術​環​境​或者​氛圍
    ivory tower
    • 生活喺象牙塔裏面，佢唔知外面嘅世界發生緊乜嘢事。
      生活喺象牙塔里面，佢唔知外面嘅世界发生紧乜嘢事。
      sang1 wut6 hai2 zoeng6 ngaa4 taap3 leoi5 min6, keoi5 m4 zi1 ngoi6 min6 ge3 sai3 gaai3 faat3 sang1 gan2 mat1 je5 si6.
      Living in an ivory tower, he doesn't know what is happening in the outside world.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, idiomatic
    ivory tower
    (syn.) 象牙之塔
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    象牙塔
    象牙塔
    zoeng6 ngaa4 taap3
    • ivory tower
  2. Cantonese
    生活喺象牙塔里面，佢唔知外面嘅世界发生紧乜嘢事。
    生活喺象牙塔裏面，佢唔知外面嘅世界發生緊乜嘢事。
    sang1 wut6 hai2 zoeng6 ngaa4 taap3 leoi5 min6, keoi5 m4 zi1 ngoi6 min6 ge3 sai3 gaai3 faat3 sang1 gan2 mat1 je5 si6.
    • Living in an ivory tower, he doesn't know what is happening in the outside world.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    高院法官李运腾今（17日）颁下判辞，表示各级法院法官都不是「活在象牙塔内」，认为法理上裁判官有权采取「司法认知」，并驳回上诉申请。
    高院法官李運騰今（17日）頒下判辭，表示各級法院法官都不是「活在象牙塔內」，認為法理上裁判官有權採取「司法認知」，並駁回上訴申請。
    gāo yuàn fǎ guān lǐ yùn téng jīn （ １７ rì ） bān xià pàn cí ， biǎo shì gè jí fǎ yuàn fǎ guān dōu bù shì “ huó zài xiàng yá tǎ nèi ” ， rèn wèi fǎ lǐ shàng cái pàn guān yǒu quán cǎi qǔ “ sī fǎ rèn zhī ” ， bìng bó huí shàng sù shēn qǐng ．
    • High Court judge Alex Lee Wan Tang ruled today (17 May 2021) in a judgment that all judges of all courts don't live in ivory tower and that ruled that magistrates may take judicial notice by law, thus rejects the appellant's motion to appeal.