After months of skirmishing , the allies and the soviets settled down to a modus vivendi .

经过几个月的小规模冲突之后，西方盟国与苏联达成了妥协。

The family - as if there were only one kind , ideally or in practice - has been the subject of culture-war skirmishing for a very long time .

家庭---就好像他们只有一种，观念上或实际上---成为文化长时间冲突的附属。

So far , however , both china and japan , while verbally pandering to nationalists in their respective countries , have tried to avoid going beyond diplomatic skirmishing .

迄今为止，尽管中日双方仍在口头上应付着各自国家的民族主义者，但他们都竭力避免超出外交范围的冲突。