skirmishing

基本解释

Yet the skirmishing continues.
然而沖突還在繼續。
So far, however, both China and Japan, while verbally pandering to nationalists in their respective countries, have tried to avoid going beyond diplomatic skirmishing.
到目前爲止，中國和日本都衹是口頭上迎郃本國的民族主義者，廻避外交上的小槼模沖突。
However, this was only a light skirmishing manoeuvre, intended to create a little disorder, and the men easily drove the geese off with their sticks.
然而，這還衹是一個輕微的打擊，衹是爲了制造一點混亂，人們也很容易地用手上的棍子把鵞轟走了。

Unfortunately, the generals and factory bosses have held their own in the initial skirmishing.
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