skirmishing

基本解释

Yet the skirmishing continues.
然而冲突还在继续。
So far, however, both China and Japan, while verbally pandering to nationalists in their respective countries, have tried to avoid going beyond diplomatic skirmishing.
到目前为止，中国和日本都只是口头上迎合本国的民族主义者，回避外交上的小规模冲突。
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，这还只是一个轻微的打击，只是为了制造一点混乱，人们也很容易地用手上的棍子把鹅轰走了。

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