名詞 gambit:

1. an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
   同義詞：ploy
2. a maneuver in a game or conversation
   同義詞：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.
   彼得通常先是為姑娘買(mǎi)一杯飲料，這樣她就馬上認(rèn)為自己欠了他什么。
2. His opening gambit at the debate is a direct attack on government policy.
   他在辯論中的策略是先直接抨擊政府的政策。

gam.bit

n.（名詞）
Games An opening in chess in which a minor piece, or pieces, usually a pawn, is offered in exchange for a favorable position.
【游戲】 第一著棋，起手著法：國(guó)際象棋開(kāi)局時(shí)自愿讓出一個(gè)或幾個(gè)小棋子（通常為兵）以交換較有利的形勢(shì)
A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage.
策略：尤指人在開(kāi)始階段所采用的計(jì)謀、策略、手法
A remark intended to open a conversation.
開(kāi)場(chǎng)白：為了打開(kāi)話題有意說(shuō)的話

來(lái)源：
Ultimately from Spanish gambito
最終源自 西班牙語(yǔ) gambito
from Italian gambetto [act of tripping someone up in wrestling]
源自 意大利語(yǔ) gambetto [在摔交中將某人絆倒的動(dòng)作]
from gamba [leg]
源自 gamba [腿]
from Old Italian * see gambol
源自 古意大利語(yǔ) *參見(jiàn) 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.
通曉國(guó)際象棋中開(kāi)局讓棋實(shí)質(zhì)的批評(píng)家們，有時(shí)堅(jiān)持這個(gè)詞除了指為獲得一定利益而進(jìn)行策略性犧牲的計(jì)謀外，不可用于擴(kuò)展的意義。但是gambit 的一般性含義.策略.已成既定模式， 其在表示.為了打開(kāi)話題而說(shuō)的話語(yǔ).中的相關(guān)意義通常與犧牲毫無(wú)關(guān)聯(lián)