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单词 gambit
释义
gambit
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɡæm.bɪt/us
/ˈɡæm.bɪt/

gambitnoun[C](CLEVER ACTION)

acleveractionin agameor othersituationthat isintendedtoachieveanadvantageand usuallyinvolvestaking arisk:
精心策划的一招；（常指带有风险的）策略；险招
Hercleveropeninggambit gave her an earlyadvantage.她开局就出险招，抢占了先机。
Theirpromisetolowertaxesisclearlyan election-year gambit.他们降低税收的许诺很显然是大选年的策略。
gamesspecialized
a way ofbeginningagameofchess, in which youintentionallyloseapawn(=gamepiece)inordertowinsome otherformofadvantagelater
（国际象棋中开局时牺牲一卒以取得优势的）开局让棋法
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Acting and acts
  • (your)every moveidiom
  • -ation
  • act/dosomethingonyourown responsibilityidiom
  • activity
  • ADL
  • agency
  • ant
  • er
  • execution
  • exploit
  • fait accompli
  • feel
  • move
  • responsibility
  • role play
  • rot
  • step
  • step up
  • stuff
  • talk
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gambitnoun[C](REMARK)

aremarkthat you make to someone inordertostartaconversation:
开场白
"Ihearyou're afriendof Jamie's" was heropeninggambit.“我听说你是杰米的朋友，”她搭讪道。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Informal talking & conversation
  • badinage
  • bantering
  • bants
  • bloviate
  • bull session
  • buzz
  • catch up withsomeone
  • chatter
  • chinwag
  • chit-chat
  • discourse
  • exchange
  • gas
  • heart-to-heart
  • intercourse
  • pass
  • ultra-casual
  • understand
  • vox pop
  • word-of-mouth
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(Definition ofgambitfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

gambit| American Dictionary

gambit
noun[C]
us
/ˈɡæm·bɪt/
something that you do or say that isintendedtoachieveanadvantageand usuallyinvolvestaking arisk:
Thearrestof thepoliticalleaderwasseenas theopeninggambit in amoveto takecontrolof thegovernment.
(Definition ofgambitfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgambit

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Research into social roles and conversational gambits is steadily building up a picture of how people behave while talking.
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There are a variety of conversational gambits we employ.
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The focus on gambits - in conjunction with the teaching of language functions - continues to be popular with coursebook writers even today.
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How can we incorporate these gambits in conversational interfaces?
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Using filling words or gambits to fill pauses, to stall, and to gain time in order to keep the communication channel open and maintain discourse at times of difficulty.
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They are not only lively, they are romantic and dramatic and between them their moods can reflect the wholegambitof human behaviour.
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The latter does not offer a route to the former, and should be strenuously opposed as a mere manipulatorygambiton the part of" capital".
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In the absence of such accounts, thisgambitseems merely to change the subject.
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Later, about forty-five seconds in, you begin to hear two simultaneous lead voices, an arrangementgambitthat also came about by accident.
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Already there is a humorous ambiguity about this openinggambit, with its plausibly authoritative, mock-documentary tone.
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Given that the enquiry's ultimate objective is to assess value, a paradox about quality could provide an especially appropriate opening methodologicalgambit.
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In the first place, spiritual progress occurs in stages, rather than being an all-or-nothinggambitat the end of one life.
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On some occasions, however, thegambitcan backfire.
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A second essentialgambitis changing the subject.
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Pensioneering is like chess, you cannot play unless you know the gambits.
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