be at arm's length
基本解释
- 伸手可及
英汉例句
- 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.
ECONOMIST: Japanese companies abroad - What might happen, however, is that the globalisation of American multinationals will be conducted more at arm's length.
ECONOMIST: Can it ever again be business as usual? - 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.
ENGADGET: Another Zune HD render surfaces, fanboy specs too?
双语例句
权威例句
专业释义
- 一臂之长