gambit

ˈɡæmbɪt
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Translation of gambit into Russian

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Noun

1.

strategic move

calculated action designed to gain an advantage
  • The CEO's gambit to merge with another company paid off well..Гамбит хода слияния компании удался.
2.

conversation starter

remark intended to start a conversation or make a point
  • Her clever gambit got everyone talking at the dinner party..Её умная начальная фраза заставила всех говорить на ужине
3.

board strategy

TECH.
chess opening where a piece is sacrificed
TECH.
гамбит mgambitжертва в дебюте шахматный гамбит
  • He used a gambit to control the center.Он использовал гамбит, чтобы контролировать центр.
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Expressions with gambit: examples in English and translations in Russian

первый ход
Her opening gambit caught everyone by surprise.
вступительная фраза
начальная реплика
He used a joke as a conversational gambit.
открытый гамбит
Her open gambit was to announce her intentions early.

Synonyms and analogies of gambit in English

Examples of gambit in a sentence

  • The politician's gambit to win votes was clever.
  • His opening gambit was a joke to lighten the mood.
  • The politician's gambit was to ask a provocative question.
  • Her opening gambit in the game surprised everyone.
  • The gambit he played gave him an early advantage.

Translations of "gambit" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
гамбитnm. - gambit

But there are many reasons to think this diplomatic gambit is misguided.

Но есть много причин полагать, что этот дипломатический гамбит ошибочен.

Wednesday marks the biggest gambit yet for the young leader.

Среда знаменует собой самый большой гамбит для молодого лидера.

уловкаnf. - ulovka

Answer: the classic "cat's in the cradle" gambit.

Классическая уловка "кошка в колыбели".

It's a trick, a gambit.

Это трюк, уловка.

ходnm. - khod

And if we played, you'd probably have the whole game figured out before I even made my opening gambit.

И если бы мы играли, вы бы прокрутили всю партию у себя в голове прежде, чем я бы сделал первый ход.

A foolish, desperate gambit.

Глупый, бессмысленный ход.

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Other translations for gambit:

  • маневрnm.

gambit: Examples and translations in context

There is no guarantee that he will not repeat that gambit.

Нет никаких гарантий, что он не повторит этот гамбит снова.

In the game, I'd call it the latvian gambit.

В этой игре я бы назвал это латышским гамбитом.

Payback for my little gambit last year, I presume.

Полагаю, месть за мой маленький прошлогодний гамбит.

Then, one day, he tried his biggest psychological gambit ever.

Вскоре он опробовал свой самый грандиозный психологический гамбит.

This whole janitor gambit was designed to fail.

Вся эта уловка с уборщиком должна была провалиться.

The new government's gambit has been to replace the nearly completed global museum with an obscure (and as yet entirely non-existent) local one, and then to claim that nothing has really changed.

Уловка заключалась в том, чтобы сначала заменить почти готовый универсальный музей локальным и никому не известным (и пока что вовсе не существующим), а потом заявить, что ничего не изменилось. (...)

My little gambit didn't work.

Моя уловка не сработала.

For his gambit to pay off, however, he needed your political career to survive.

Однако, чтобы разыграть этот ход, надо было сначала спасти вашу карьеру.

See also:

opening gambitconversational gambit
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