at arm's length

1. He struck a match, and held it at arm's length.
   他划亮一根火柴，伸长胳膊举着。
2. She had always kept his family at arm's length.
   她一直与他的家人保持一定距离。
3. But she keeps me at arm's length.
   可是，她老是和我保持一定距离。
4. I keep him at arm's length.
   我和他保持一定的距离。
5. I now keep my neighbor at arm's length because he has been rude to me many times in the past.
   我与我的邻居保持距离，因为他曾多次对我无礼。
6. You are a girl and you should keep boys at arm's length.
   你是一个女孩，得和男生保持一定距离。
7. I always had the feeling she was keeping me at arm's length.
   我一直感觉她避免我和她亲近。
8. We had best keep them at arm's length.
   我们最好和他们保持距离。
9. He keeps all his clients at arm's length.
   他不与任何委托人过分亲密。
10. They no longer trust her and are keeping her at arm's length.
    他们不再相信她了并且和她保持一定的距离。
11. Will it be safer for us to keep our friends at arm's length?
    与朋友保持一定距离是比较安全吗？
12. He came down holding the hive at arm's length, behind which trailed a cloud of bees.
    他伸直胳膊托着蜂箱从梯子上下来了，后面跟着一大群蜜蜂。
13. She prefers to keep her relations at arm's length.
    她喜欢与亲戚保持一定的距离。
14. Effective political leadership and imagination are essential if default risks are to remain at arm's length.
    如果要把违约风险控制在合理范围之内，有效的政治领导和想象力必不可少。
15. Bill likes Betty and is trying to be friendly, but she stays at arm's length.
    比尔喜欢贝蒂，很想与他交朋友，但她却很冷淡。
16. A handful of snakes is held at arm's length by a market trader in Guangzhou China.
    中国广州市场上的小贩抓着一把手臂长的蛇。
17. Contacts conducted at arm's length for five years should suddenly turn into such an ostentatious embrace.
    五年来保持的不过分亲密的接触现在突然变成如此公开炫耀的拥抱。
18. Hit the wall on a full stroke at arm's length.
    在完整划臂状态下触壁（双臂在划臂中的向前最长伸展状态）。
19. He is so mean and greedy that everybody keeps him at arm's length.
    他十分吝啬，又贪婪，大家都和他保持一定距离。
20. He held his attacker at arm's length.
    他把攻击者阻止在一臂之外。
21. James rarely speak to his wife, he keeps her at arm's length.
    詹姆斯难得对妻子讲话，他对她若即若离。
22. The boss can be a bit familiar but he's all right if you keep him at arm's length.
    老板看上去很平易近人，但你还是与他保持一段距离为好。
23. He was holding the paper at arm's length.
    他伸直手臂拿着报纸。
24. 'Think of your death now,'don Juan said suddenly.'It is at arm's length.
    “现在想想你的死亡，”唐望突然说，“它就在一臂之遥，随时都会碰触你。
25. He always keeps at arm's length with his friends.
    他和朋友总是若即若离。
26. Holding the smiling boy at arm's length, Yongxin noted that Shao-Shao looked thin and pale.
    勇新怀抱着笑容满面的儿子，注意到笑笑脸色苍白、瘦得可怜。
27. You like to keep your options open, but you'll never find out a person's true potential by keeping him at arm's length.
    你喜欢公开你的观点，但是你永远不可能了解一个人真实的内在除非你跟他保持一点儿距离。
28. At first she kept him at arm's length, thinking that he might try to kiss her.
    初时，她不让他靠近自己，以为他会试图吻他。
29. Pushy people must be kept at arm's length.
    必须和强求别人的人保持距离。
30. For West Asians, being kept "at arm's length" signals unfriendliness.
    对西亚人来说，“保持一臂距离”是不友好的表示。

adv

1. at some distance
   1. keep someone at arm's length