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"In an ivory tower" nghĩa là gì?
12 Jan, 2020
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"In an ivory tower"= trên tháp ngà -> nghĩa là nhóm người với kiến thức học thuật có vẻ uyên bác nhưng viển vông, xa rời thực tế
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To live in an ivory tower is a modern cliché (rập khuôn), but this 19th-century metaphor (ẩn dụ) had a real-life inspiration.
For Iran’s friends and foes alike, Soleimani was second only to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei—an ailing, elderly man who sits in an ivory tower in Tehran, detached from the harsh regional reality on the ground.
What is the point of doing research in an ivory tower that has no impact on changing people’s lives for the better? This is not an ideology (nghiên cứu tư tưởng), but a commitment to societal (xã hội) change and transformation. And even if it were an ideology, what is so bad about positive change?
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