gambit /'gaembit; 'gsembit/ n kinds of opening move in chess (in which a player sacrifices a pawn or other piece to secure certain ends); (fig) any initial move: 西洋棋開局時(shí)犧牲一子以達(dá)到目的之一著棋; (喻) 任何開始的行動(dòng)： His opening ~ at the debate was a direct attack on Government policy. 他在辯論開始的演說乃直接抨擊政府的政策。