gambit

名词 gambit:

1. an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
   同义词：ploy
2. a maneuver in a game or conversation
   同义词：ploy, stratagem
3. a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position

1. Peter's usual opening gambit is to buy a girl a drink, so that she immediately thinks she owes him something.
   彼得通常先是为姑娘买一杯饮料，这样她就马上认为自己欠了他什么。
2. His opening gambit at the debate is a direct attack on government policy.
   他在辩论中的策略是先直接抨击政府的政策。

gam.bit

n.（名词）
Games An opening in chess in which a minor piece, or pieces, usually a pawn, is offered in exchange for a favorable position.
【游戏】 第一着棋，起手着法：国际象棋开局时自愿让出一个或几个小棋子（通常为兵）以交换较有利的形势
A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage.
策略：尤指人在开始阶段所采用的计谋、策略、手法
A remark intended to open a conversation.
开场白：为了打开话题有意说的话

来源：
Ultimately from Spanish gambito
最终源自 西班牙语 gambito
from Italian gambetto [act of tripping someone up in wrestling]
源自 意大利语 gambetto [在摔交中将某人绊倒的动作]
from gamba [leg]
源自 gamba [腿]
from Old Italian * see gambol
源自 古意大利语 *参见 gambol

Critics familiar with the nature of chess gambitshave sometimes maintained that the word should not be used in an extended sense except to refer to maneuvers that involve the tactical sacrifice of some advantage.Butgambit is well established in the general sense of .maneuver. and in the related sense of .a remark intended to open a conversation,. which usually carries no implication of sacrifice.
通晓国际象棋中开局让棋实质的批评家们，有时坚持这个词除了指为获得一定利益而进行策略性牺牲的计谋外，不可用于扩展的意义。但是gambit 的一般性含义.策略.已成既定模式， 其在表示.为了打开话题而说的话语.中的相关意义通常与牺牲毫无关联