小词详解 | skirmish
skirmish本义指小规模的军事战斗，一般参与的战斗人员比较少，持续时间比较短，往往也没有经过详细计划，并且远离战争主战场，比如巷战可以说“a street skirmish”。
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小词详解 | proliferate
If the Iranians were to have a nuclear weapon, they could proliferate.
如果伊朗人拥有核武器，他们可能会扩散。
小词详解 | nepotism
Meanwhile, nepotism flourishes, stifling growth and creating inequalities.
与此同时，裙带关系逐渐滋生，扼杀了发展并且带来了不平等。
小词详解 | nuance
The nuances of translation and the cultural expectations placed upon it are seemingly unending.
翻译的微妙之处以及人们赋予翻译的文化期望似乎无穷无尽。
小词详解 | banal
Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution.
平庸的想法不能被出色的执行拯救。
小词详解 | succinct
His response was notably succinct, but not unique.
他的回答极其简洁，但这样回答的并非只他一人。
小词详解 | inept
Restaurants are minefields for the socially inept.
饭店是不善社交者的雷区。
小词详解 | browbeat
American comedies especially are all about these men being browbeaten by their wives and it's impossible for me to watch.
美国喜剧尤其尽是些男人被妻子威逼恫吓的，这让我没法看。
小词详解 | fortitude
Patience and fortitude conquer all things.
耐心与坚毅征服一切。
小词详解 | obdurate
The past is obdurate. It doesn't want to change.
历史非常顽固，它不想改变。
小词详解 | innate
innate源自晚期拉丁语innatus（天生，原生，自然），主要用于形容人或动物拥有的某种与生俱来的特征或能力，比如一种天赋的音乐天才就可以说“an innate talent for music”。
小词详解 | aloof
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
远离纷争，是人的尊荣。愚妄人都爱争闹。