On land there was minor skirmishing.陆地上发生了小规模的战斗。They were skirmishing close to the minefield now.他们当时正在雷区附近交火。The attack came , there was fierce skirmishing and the Yankees were beaten back.战斗开始了, 打得十分激烈,北军被打了回去....
She was politically astute.她很有政治头脑。The criminal was very astute and well matched the detective in intelligence.这个罪犯非常狡猾,足以对付侦探的机智.It was a pretty astute deduction...那是一个颇为敏锐的推论。He is an extremely astute political tactici...