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

• Her eyes shone when she described the early skirmishes in the campaign for equality for women.
  她讲起早年争取妇女平等权利运动中的种种冲突时两眼炯炯发光。
• Skirmishes sometimes with stiff resistance took place at the front end of the advance.
  在部队推进的前沿战线发生了小规模的交火，有时战斗十分激烈。
• The intense competition has led to skirmishes between Apple and Samsung.
  苹果和三星间的激烈竞争导致双方发生了一系列小冲突。
• For now, these skirmishes fall far short of a real currency war.
  就目前而言，这样的小冲突完全算不上是真正的货币大战。
• 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。
• We have had some skirmishes.
  我们曾经有过一些较量。
• 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。
• All the rest was nothing but skirmishes.
  在其余的一切地方都只是小冲突。
• 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。
• 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。