be at arm's length

基本解释

Pushy people must be kept at arm's length.
必须和强求别人的人保持距离。
Are they to be close or kept at arm's length?
他们可以更接近或保持在手臂的长度？
A note suggesting the spotless Mr Singh asked to be kept at “arm's length” from the sales looks unedifying, at the least.
另有记录表明，辛格要求与许可证销售保持距离、划清界限，这至少看起来是不光彩的。

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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