We can say it was a typical proxy war 我们可以说这是一场典型的代理人战争。
Proxy war is good when it works 代理人战争用的好行之有效。
Russia is neither exporting a defunct ideology nor fighting proxy wars with america , as it did during the cold war 俄罗斯既没有出口意识形态也不像先前的冷战时期那样存在与美国之间的代理战争。
If the lebanon war is not just a scrap between neighbours but also a proxy war between iran and america , how is it going to be possible to bring about a durable peace once it ends 如果黎巴嫩之战不仅是其同邻国间的一场战争,更是双方所代表的伊朗同美国之间的战争,那么,即使战争结束又如何能带来长久的和平?
For all that , the notion of a new cold war is overblown : russia is no longer exporting a rival ideology , as the soviet union did , nor fighting proxy wars with america around the globe 虽说如此,可新冷战的定义已是昨日黄花,俄罗斯既不再像过去苏联那样输出敌对的意识形态,也不与美国在全球各地展开扶持自己代理人的暗战。
英文解释
a war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate