gambitとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from Italian gamba (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba.

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæmbɪt/
• 韻: -æmbɪt

名詞

gambit (複数形 gambits)

1. (chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.

   Her clever gambit gave her an advantage.

2. Any ploy or stratagem.
   • 2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240:

     The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.

   • 2023 June 29, City AM, London, page 18, column 2:

     An opening sequence, featuring a de-aged Ford playing a younger Indy, is a bold and nostalgic gambit, offering a glimpse of what you've missed.

   Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.

3. A remark intended to open a conversation.

派生語

動詞

gambit (三人称単数 現在形 gambits, 現在分詞 gambiting, 過去形および過去分詞形 gambited)

1. (chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn または minor piece) to gain an advantage.