high ground

英 [ˈhaɪ ɡraʊnd]

美 [ˈhaɪ ɡraʊnd]

n.  (讨论或争论中的)优势，有利条件

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习惯用语

n.

take, claim, seize, etc. the moral high ground
• 声称自己的论点在道义上占优势
  to claim that your side of an argument is morally better than your opponents' side; to argue in a way that makes your side seem morally better

牛津词典

noun

• （讨论或争论中的）优势，有利条件
  the advantage in a discussion or an argument, etc.
  1. The government is claiming the high ground in the education debate.
     政府在教育辩论中处于有利地位。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （争论或冲突中的）优势，有利地位
  If a person or organization hasthe high groundin an argument or dispute, that person or organization has an advantage.
  1. The President must seek to regain the high ground in the political debate...
     总统必须设法在这场政治辩论中重新获得优势。
  2. How do we recapture the intellectual high ground?
     我们如何才能重新在智力上获得优势呢？
• PHRASE 道义上的优势;道德上的制高点
  If you say that someone has takenthe moral high ground, you mean that they consider that their policies and actions are morally superior to the policies and actions of their rivals.
  1. The Republicans took the moral high ground with the message that they were best equipped to manage the authority...
     共和党人传达了这样一种信息，即他们最有资格管理政府，从而在道义上占了上风。
  2. Now we stand on the moral high ground. We can defend ethically and morally everything we stand for.
     目前我们在道义上占了优势。我们可以从伦理和道德的角度捍卫我们主张的一切。

英英释义

noun

• a position of superiority over opponents or competitors

双语例句

• The President must seek to regain the high ground in the political debate
  总统必须设法在这场政治辩论中重新获得优势。
• Numerical Simulation of High Ground Stress Metal Mine Mining and Supporting Scheme
  高地应力金属矿山开采及支护方案的数值模拟
• We may all claim the moral high ground, but how many of us can resist the temptation?
  我们都声明自己站在了道德高地上，但是我们中有多少人能经得住诱惑呢？
• There will be snow on high ground.
  在高地上将会有雪。
• Move to the nearest high ground in a direction away from the path.
  立即朝某个方向逃到远离泥石流路径的最近的高地上。
• Both the media and the politicians are trying to claim the moral high ground.
  媒介和政客都试图自我标榜道德高尚。
• The army that holds the high ground has the advantage in this battle.
  占有高地的那支队伍在这场战役中处于优势。
• Confectionery is a tough business. But it does make it harder for Cadbury to take the high ground.
  糖果行业处境艰难，而这确实加大了吉百利保持较高道德水准的难度。
• So the big news from last week is the way Beijing managed to squander its legal and economic high ground.
  因此上周的这个大新闻实际显示的是北京是如何‘浪费’了它的法律和经济的制高点。
• Neither side can claim the moral high ground.
  双方都不能说占据了道德高地。