give a wide berth to

基本解释

You'd better give a wide berth to a guy of his sort.
对于那种类型的人你最好有更多的准备。
"They know who we are and they give us a very wide berth to operate in, " he says.
“他们知道我们是谁，并且他们给我们非常广泛的操作空间”，他说。
Tens of thousands protested on February 20th in various cities, but rarely clashed with the police, who had been ordered to give the protesters a wide berth.
在2月20日，摩洛哥的各大城市爆发了数万人的流行示威活动，但由于警察提前接到要与游行人群保持距离的通知，因此游行人群并没有与警察爆发大规模的冲突。

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