A move in chess that directly attacks an opponent's king but does not constitute a checkmate.

将军下棋中直接进攻对方的“国王”但并没有彻底将死的一着。

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But the tendency that at present economics also puts in a move in chess or a movement in wushu to learn formalism, caused the criticism of a few economist.

但是目前经济学也存在着数学形式主义的倾向，引起了一些经济学家的批评。

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A recent satirical television show likened it to a game of chess in which the first white move is for the king to take his own queen.

最近，一家讽刺电视秀将此形象比喻成国际象棋游戏：投降的第一步就是用王吃掉自己的后。

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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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