英语词汇“gambit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	gambit
释义	gam·bit I. \ˈgambə̇t, ˈgaam-, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by French gambit, from Spanish gambito, modification of Italian gambetto) of earlier gambet, gambett, from Italian gambetto gambit, act of tripping someone, from gamba leg 1. : a chess opening in which a player voluntarily risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position 2. a. (1) : a remark or comment designed to launch a conversation or to make a telling point : sally < “I decided to see you myself”, was his opening gambit — Newsweek > < opened … with the gambit of inquiring whether present conditions were satisfactory — Jeremy Potter > < this was her usual opening gambit with the young — Elizabeth Goudge > < he could not, if he had pondered conversational gambits for an hour, have hit on a more successful one — C.D.Lewis > (2) : topic < to smoke or not to smoke still flourishes as a useful conversational gambit — Saturday Review > < three other popular conversational gambits — Harold Strauss > b. (1) : a calculated move, maneuver, or device < employs the classic melodramatic gambit of the innocent who walks straight into somebody else's intrigue — Time > < worked up a neat legislative gambit to further their interests — New Republic > < threw up its hands and retired to think up a new gambit — Richard Thruelsen > (2) : a tactical maneuver in which an airplane awaiting favorable opportunity to attack keeps out of sight of a submarine periscope II. intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to make a gambit
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