Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.

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move [muv] 词根: mov
vt.& vi. 移动,搬动; vi. 搬家;行动;进展;(机器等)开动; vt. 提议;使感动;摇动;变化; n. 改变;迁移;
💡 mob, mov, mot 表”移动”
"Could we move on now to …?"
我们现在可以接着讨论…吗?
近义:relocate, remove, shuttle, transfer, translocate, withdraw 反义:freeze, remain, abide, caseharden
expect [ɪk'spɛkt] 词频1 词根: spec
vt. 期望;预料;要求;认为(某事)会发生; vi. 预期;期待;怀胎;怀孕;
💡 ex出+pect=spect看→看出去→期待
"We expect writers to produce more and better works."
我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品.
近义:wait, await, previse, bide, hope, contemplate
diagonally [dai'ægənəli]
adv. 对角线地,斜线地;
"The path cuts the meadow diagonally."
那条路斜穿过草地.
近义:athwart, obliquely, cornerways, cornerwise, crossways, crosswise
often ['ɔf(tə)n] 词频1
adv. 常常;经常;时常;再三;
💡 十(ten)有八九的(of), 经常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人们常常认为睡眠在某种意义上来说类似死亡。
近义:manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes 反义:infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
turn [tɝn] 词频1 词根: 扭转
vt.& vi. 使转动;旋转;使改变方向;使不适; vt. 使变酸;使变换;使变为; n. 翻转;(路线或方向的)改变;机会;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府对核能的态度来了个180度的大转变。
近义:loop, slew, swerve, veer, wind, bend 反义:reerect, right, straighten, unfold, untwist
Bishops
n. [宗教];[天主教、圣公会、东正教]主教\\nvt. 任命…为主教(或大祭司、会督等);[英国方言]烧糊, 煮焦(牛奶等)\\nvi. 当主教(或大祭司、会督等);[国际象棋]走象

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