gambit

Related topics: Board games

gam·bit /ˈɡæmbɪt/ noun [countableC]

1 DO something/TAKE ACTIONsomething that you do or say which is intended to give you an advantage in an argument 〔争辩中〕争取优势的招数，策略

a clever debating gambit

巧妙的辩论策略

These questions are often an opening gambit (=the thing you say first) for a negotiation.

这些问题往往是谈判的开场白。

2. DGBa planned series of moves at the beginning of a game of chess 〔国际象棋的〕弃兵局

Examples from the Corpus

gambit• At other times it is a gambit to extract the maximum price concession from the seller.• Still, this was a tidy, interesting account of a clever gambit from the University of Florence.• There are few conversational gambits in discussions or meetings.• His exit, when he truly is on his last legs, is his most effective gambit.• a political gambit• Nobody knew whether or not it worked but we derived a certain pleasure from the savagery of the gambit.

opening gambit• Warwick's opening gambit is to blur the line between consciousness and intelligence.

Origin gambit

(1600-1700) Italian gambetto “act of making someone fall over”, from gamba “leg”

单词	gambit
释义	gambit Related topics: Board games gam·bit /ˈɡæmbɪt/ noun [countableC] 1 DO something/TAKE ACTIONsomething that you do or say which is intended to give you an advantage in an argument 〔争辩中〕争取优势的招数，策略 a clever debating gambit 巧妙的辩论策略 These questions are often an opening gambit (=the thing you say first) for a negotiation. 这些问题往往是谈判的开场白。 2. DGBa planned series of moves at the beginning of a game of chess 〔国际象棋的〕弃兵局 Examples from the Corpus gambit• At other times it is a gambit to extract the maximum price concession from the seller.• Still, this was a tidy, interesting account of a clever gambit from the University of Florence.• There are few conversational gambits in discussions or meetings.• His exit, when he truly is on his last legs, is his most effective gambit.• a political gambit• Nobody knew whether or not it worked but we derived a certain pleasure from the savagery of the gambit. opening gambit• Warwick's opening gambit is to blur the line between consciousness and intelligence. Origin gambit (1600-1700) Italian gambetto “act of making someone fall over”, from gamba “leg”
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