| 词汇 | high ground |
| 释义 | high ground 1 ENTRIES FOUND: high ground (noun) high ground noun high ground noun Learner's definition of HIGH GROUND the high ground : a position in which you have an advantage over others优势；有利位置 They claim to have the (intellectual) high ground in this debate. [=they claim to have the (intellectually) better position]他们声称在这场辩论中（在理论上）占上风。 — often used in the phase the moral high ground常用于短语the moral high ground These countries lost/ceded the moral high ground [=they stopped being morally better than others; they lost the right to consider themselves morally better than others] when they entered the war to protect their economic interests.当这些国家为保护自身经济利益而参战时，他们就丧失了道义上的制高点。 She believes she has the moral high ground on this issue. [=she believes her position on the issue is the morally correct one]她认为在这个问题上她占有道德上的优势。 |
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