be at arm's length

基本解释

Pushy people must be kept at arm's length.
必須和強求別人的人保持距離。
Are they to be close or kept at arm's length?
他們可以更接近或保持在手臂的長度？
A note suggesting the spotless Mr Singh asked to be kept at “arm's length” from the sales looks unedifying, at the least.
另有記錄表明，辛格要求與許可証銷售保持距離、劃清界限，這至少看起來是不光彩的。

Relationships, says Mr Kwan, can comfortably be kept at arm's length.
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What might happen, however, is that the globalisation of American multinationals will be conducted more at arm's length.
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Zunited's sources won't touch these and we're keeping them at arm's length for now under the it's too-good-to-be-true heading.
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