4D chess

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sophisticated strategy that is far beyond the comprehension of others, especially one in which apparent blunders are simply indicators of yet-to-be-understood brilliance. ironic,uncountable,usually
    — Mr. STRATTON. Now, with respect to that theory - and all I have is the newspaper articles to go on, to attribute it to you and the Air Force - how can you build missiles to knock out Soviet sites if we don't know where the sites are? General WHITE. A very good question. [Laughter.] This whole subject I would describe as a four-dimensional chess game. There are books and studies all over the country. Unfortunately, I am afraid the public as a whole doesn't read them. I think the first thing to bear in mind is that knowing where your enemy is is an age-old military game.

词形变化

4-D chess alternative four-dimensional chess alternative

词源

An extension of 3D chess, an actual chess variant seen as being very complex, and long used as a simile ("like a game of 3-D chess") in reference to geopolitics. The term 4D chess ("four-dimensional chess") became popular around 2017, in the context of US politics.
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