skirmishes

英 [ˈskɜːmɪʃɪz]

美 [ˈskɜːrmɪʃɪz]

n.  小规模战斗; 小冲突; (尤指)遭遇战; (尤指政治上对立双方的)小争执，小争论
v.  发生小规模战斗(或冲突、争执)
skirmish的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小规模战斗;接触战
  Askirmishis a minor battle.
  1. Border skirmishes between India and Pakistan were common.
     印度和巴基斯坦边境上常常发生小规模战斗。
• V-RECIP 发生小冲突;进行小规模战斗;打斗
  If peopleskirmish, they fight.
  1. They were skirmishing close to the minefield now...
     他们当时正在雷区附近交火。
  2. Police skirmished with youths on the estate last Friday.
     上周五警方与一些青年在住宅区发生了冲突。
• N-COUNT 小争执;口角;争论;冲突
  Askirmishis a short, sharp argument.
  1. This difference in approach has led to several political skirmishes.
     这种方式上的差异已经导致了几场政治冲突。

双语例句

• Spreads between Chinese offshore bonds and the wider high-yield market have not shifted noticeably since these skirmishes began.
  自从这些纷争上演以来，中国海外债券与范围更大的高息债券市场之间的息差没有显著变化。
• Early skirmishes are beginning as Japan and Switzerland try to weaken their exchange rates.
  随着日本和瑞士试图压低本币汇率，早期小规模冲突已然爆发。
• Pictures of dead and captured soldiers, civilians killed in bombings, street-by-street skirmishes, troops killed by accident.
  死去和被俘虏的士兵，被炸弹炸死的平民，满街的流血冲突，意外阵亡的军队。
• We have had some skirmishes.
  我们曾经有过一些较量。
• Skirmishes broke out and a number of people were shot by police.
  同时，小规模的冲突时有爆发，一些涉案人员被警方逮捕。
• All the rest was nothing but skirmishes.
  在其余的一切地方都只是小冲突。
• Unfortunately, there is usually no left in these skirmishes to award points.
  不幸的是这些战斗中通常没有人置身事外来打分了。
• Quite rare conflicts on the sea usually ended in skirmishes with bows.
  其中有很少一些冲突在小规模的射箭攻击中结束。
• The Wright brothers'legal skirmishes were put to rest only by the outbreak of the first world war.
  怀特兄弟的法律战仅仅因为一战而搁置了一会。
• The ruling has handed Beijing a propaganda victory in a continuing series of trade skirmishes with Washington.
  这项裁决使北京方面得到了一个宣传上的胜利，目前中美之间存在一系列贸易摩擦。