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] 詞根: mov
vt.& vi. 移動,搬動; vi. 搬家;行動;進展;(機器等)開動; vt. 提議;使感動;搖動;變化; n. 改變;遷移;
?? mob, mov, mot 表”移動”
"Could we move on now to …?"
我們現在可以接著討論…嗎?
近義:relocate, remove, shuttle, transfer, translocate, withdraw 反義:freeze, remain, abide, caseharden
expect [?k'sp?kt] 詞頻1 詞根: spec
vt. 期望;預料;要求;認為(某事)會發生; vi. 預期;期待;懷胎;懷孕;
?? ex出+pect=spect看→看出去→期待
"We expect writers to produce more and better works."
我們期望作家們寫出更多更好的作品.
近義:wait, await, previse, bide, hope, contemplate
diagonally [dai'?g?n?li]
adv. 對角線地,斜線地;
"The path cuts the meadow diagonally."
那條路斜穿過草地.
近義:athwart, obliquely, cornerways, cornerwise, crossways, crosswise
often ['?f(t?)n] 詞頻1
adv. 常常;經常;時常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of), 經常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義:manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes 反義:infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
turn [t?n] 詞頻1 詞根: 扭轉
vt.& vi. 使轉動;旋轉;使改變方向;使不適; vt. 使變酸;使變換;使變為; n. 翻轉;(路線或方向的)改變;機會;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府對核能的態度來了個180度的大轉變。
近義:loop, slew, swerve, veer, wind, bend 反義:reerect, right, straighten, unfold, untwist
Bishops
n. [宗教];[天主教、圣公會、東正教]主教\\nvt. 任命…為主教(或大祭司、會督等);[英國方言]燒糊, 煮焦(牛奶等)\\nvi. 當主教(或大祭司、會督等);[國際象棋]走象

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