He was skirting the issue .

他是在回避问题。

A monster makes bigger holes in the skirting board !

怪兽在壁脚板弄的洞会比较大！

Gaps between floorboards and skirting should be filled .

地板和壁脚板之间的裂缝应该填上。

The pipeline would bring gas from the caspian sea region , and perhaps from iran and iraq , to the eu via turkey , skirting russia .

这条管道将来自里海地区（也可能是伊朗和伊拉克）的天然气经过土耳其运抵欧盟，从而绕过俄罗斯。

To moscow 's irritation , the eu is investing in a corridor of pipelines to carry gas from central asia via turkey , skirting russia .

令俄罗斯感到恼火的是，欧盟正在投资兴建一条绕过俄罗斯、经由土耳其从中亚进口天然气的管道走廊。