gambit

策略、駆け引き

相手より有利になるために計画した行動。

やさしい英語で： A planned action intended to give you an advantage over others.

• Her opening gambit was a joke.
• The discount was a clever gambit to attract customers.
• His risky political gambit failed.

類義語： ploy, tactic, maneuver

よく使う表現： opening gambit, political gambit, risky gambit

ギャンビット

チェスの序盤で、有利な配置を得るために自分の駒を差し出す手。

やさしい英語で： An opening chess move that gives up a piece to gain a better position.

• He opened with a gambit.
• She declined the gambit and protected her king.
• The gambit cost a pawn but gave him control of the center.

よく使う表現： opening gambit, accept a gambit, decline a gambit

駒を捨てる

チェスで有利な局面を得るため、わざと駒を相手に取らせる。

やさしい英語で： To give up a chess piece deliberately to gain a better position.

• She chose to gambit a pawn.
• He gambited his knight to open an attack.
• Would you gambit a piece in this position?

類義語： sacrifice

よく使う表現： gambit a pawn, gambit a knight, gambit a piece