Question of the Day #378

"Team president Art Rooney II, naturally, took the high road throughout the Brown saga, if you’ll recall."
From the end of the third paragraph of this article at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

上記の文で、take the high roadの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "take the high road" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、


正道を進む、正攻法をとる

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To choose the most noble, ethical, or diplomatic course or method, especially after or in the face of negativity or illtreatment.

Examples

• Strive to always take the high road when dealing with others, even if they've treated you unfairly in the past. Life has ahabit of rewarding those who learn to turn the other cheek.
• Mr. McGuinty said that he is taking the high road in the election campaign, appealing to people's better instincts.
• She was at least making the attempt to take the high road, only to run into a dead end.
• The paper took the high road and didn’t publish the pictures.
• Jimmy Fallon is taking the high road, rather than engaging with President Trump in a Twitter war of words. — Libby Hill, latimes.com, "Jimmy Fallon gives to charity in response to Trump's 'Be a man' taunt," 25 June 2018