skirmish
skirmish 英 [ˈskɜ:mɪʃ] 美 [ˈskɜrmɪʃ]
n. 小冲突，小规模战斗；小争论 vi. 进行小规模战斗；发生小争论
进行时:skirmishing 过去式:skirmished 过去分词:skirmished 第三人称单数:skirmishes 名词复数:skirmishes
- A skirmish is a small fight — more a dust-up than a full-out battle — and it can refer to a physical fight or just a battle of words. It is definitely confrontational, though.
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- n. 小冲突，小规模战斗；小争论
- vi. 进行小规模战斗；发生小争论
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1. This skirmish is the latest indication of the importance of GovCloud to the IT industry.
这场小冲突是最新的信号，表明了政府云计算市场对IT产业的重要性。
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2. The result is either a skirmish or an all out war, and, as we so painfully understand, all is fair in love and war and marriage is both.
其结果要么小冲突不断，要么全面战争爆发。 于是我们在痛苦中明白，在爱情和战争中，一切都是公平的，没有赢家，婚姻也不例外。
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3. In retrospect, the battle 10 years ago over AIDS medicines was a small skirmish compared with the one likely to erupt over cancer, diabetes and heart medicines.
现在回想起来，与治疗癌症、糖尿病和心脏病的药物爆发的冲突相比，10年前的艾滋病药物之争只能算是小规模的摩擦。
- skirmish (n.) late 14c., from Old French escarmouche "skirmish," from Italian scaramuccia, earlier schermugio, probably from a Germanic source (compare Old High German skirmen "to protect, defend"), with a diminutive or depreciatory suffix, from Proto-Germanic *skerm-, from PIE root *sker- (1) "to cut."
- skirmish (v.) c. 1200, from Old French escarmouchier, from Italian scaramucciare (see skirmish (n.)). Related: Skirmished; skirmishing.
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