gambit

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gam·bit /ˈɡæmbɪt/ noun [countable]  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

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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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gambit
gam‧bit /ˈɡæmbət, ˈɡæmbɪt/ noun [countable]1. something that you do or say which is intended to give you an advantage in an argument:
    a clever debating gambit
    These questions are often an opening gambit (=the thing you say first) for a negotiation.
2. a planned series of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

gam·bitBrE /ˈɡæmbɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡæmbɪt/ 🔊 nouna thing that sb does, or sth that sb says at the beginning of a situation or conversation, that is intended to give them some advantage 开头一招；开局；开场白◆an opening gambit (= the first thing you say) 开场白a move or moves made at the beginning of a game of chess in order to gain an advantage later （国际象棋中为获得优势而采取的）开局让棋法