high ground

a) an area of land that is higher than the area surrounding it 高地

Villagers herded the livestock to high ground to keep them safe during the floods.

洪水期间，村民们把牲畜赶到高地上以确保它们的安全。

b) a better, more moral, or more powerful position in an argument or competition 〔辩论或比赛中的〕优势，有利条件

Neither side in this conflict can claim the moral high ground.

冲突双方在道德上都不占优势。

Examples from the Corpus

moral high ground• Some corporations have seized the moral high ground.• It occupied the moral high ground and refused to budge.• Its members view themselves as occupants of the moral high ground because they see their cause as legitimate, their crimes political.• The candidates held the moral high ground because they stood up and offered to serve.• Stick to the moral high ground by blaming the current system for not saving as many lives as it might.• But such a brash grasp for the moral high ground called for an answer.• The new alliance will attempt to win the moral high ground from anti-abortion and antivivisection groups, he says.• Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil.

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词汇	high ground
释义	high ground high ground a) an area of land that is higher than the area surrounding it 高地 Villagers herded the livestock to high ground to keep them safe during the floods. 洪水期间，村民们把牲畜赶到高地上以确保它们的安全。 b) a better, more moral, or more powerful position in an argument or competition 〔辩论或比赛中的〕优势，有利条件 Neither side in this conflict can claim the moral high ground. 冲突双方在道德上都不占优势。 Examples from the Corpus moral high ground• Some corporations have seized the moral high ground.• It occupied the moral high ground and refused to budge.• Its members view themselves as occupants of the moral high ground because they see their cause as legitimate, their crimes political.• The candidates held the moral high ground because they stood up and offered to serve.• Stick to the moral high ground by blaming the current system for not saving as many lives as it might.• But such a brash grasp for the moral high ground called for an answer.• The new alliance will attempt to win the moral high ground from anti-abortion and antivivisection groups, he says.• Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil. → high ground at high1(5)
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