gambit

• n. 話題；開始；以取得優勢的開局棋法；開場白

來自拉丁語gamba, 腿，詞源同gambol, gammon。即先走一步，開局。

gambit

gambit: [17] Like gambol [16], gambit originated in an Italian noun meaning literally ‘tripping up’. The Italian for ‘leg’ is gamba (a relative of English gammon ‘bacon’). From it were derived gambetto and gambata, both of which signified ‘trip-up’. The former was borrowed into Spanish as gambito, where its underlying notion of ‘underhanded procedure’ was first applied specifically to a chess manoeuvre in the mid- 16th century.

It passed into English mainly via French gambit. More frivolous, light-hearted aspects of ‘tripping’ are preserved in gambata, which English originally took over via French as gambade and gradually transformed into gambol.
=> gambol, gammon

gambit (n.)

"chess opening in which a pawn or piece is risked for advantage later," 1650s, gambett, from Italian gambetto, literally "a tripping up" (as a trick in wrestling), from gamba "leg," from Late Latin gamba (see gambol (n.)). Applied to chess openings in Spanish in 1561 by Ruy Lopez, who traced it to the Italian word, but the form in Spanish generally was gambito, which led to French gambit, which has influenced the English spelling of the word. Broader sense of "opening move meant to gain advantage" in English is recorded from 1855.

1. Campaign strategists are calling the plan a clever political gambit.

競選策劃人士認為該計劃是一著巧妙的政治棋。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He sees the proposal as more of a diplomatic gambit than a serious defense proposal.

在他看來，與其說這是一項精心籌劃的國防動議，倒不如說是外交上的一著妙棋。

來自柯林斯例句

3. His favourite opening gambit is: "You are so beautiful, will you be my next wife?"

他最喜歡的開場白是：“你可真是個美人兒啊，能做我的下一任妻子嗎？”

來自柯林斯例句

4. The Florida - friend gambit had not fooled Sweeting for an instant.

所謂佛羅裏達的朋友那一套,一點也誆不了斯威廷.

來自辭典例句

5. As this gambit brought no success, she returned to the salt.

由於這一炮放不響, 她的話頭又回到食鹽上了.

來自辭典例句