Any genuinely new trend is a knight's move. I just remind you, in chess the knight doesn't move in a straight line.

所以，任何新趋势都是迂回前进，我只是提醒大家一下，在国际象棋中马是不走直线的。

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And I think of that front and back of the page as another kind of knight's move. You think you're looking at one thing, and you land on another.

这让我想到这页的开头和结尾都是一种迂回前进,你认为你正在看某样事物,事实上你在看另一个。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选