She had always kept the family at arm's length.

她一直和家人保持一定距离。

I held it at arm's length.

我伸直胳膊提着它。

He keeps all his clients at arm's length.

他不与任何委托人过分亲密。

He struck a match, and held it at arm's length.

他划了根火柴，然后伸长胳膊举着。

Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm's length away from others.

此外，我们倾向于认为自己是友好的，但我们更喜欢与他人保持至少3英尺或一臂远的距离。

If an interactive computer screen is to match a whiteboard in usefulness, it must be viewable from arm's length as well as from across a room.

如果一个交互式计算机屏幕要在实用性上与白板相匹配，它必须在手臂长度范围和横跨房间范围内是可视的。

With Hillary there was no arm's length. She was in my face from the start, and, before I knew it, in my heart.

我和希拉里在一起时则没有距离感：她总是坦率地面对我，然后不知不觉地，她又走进了我的心中。

He watched the aging couple pull weeds together in their flowerbeds, never more than an arm's length apart.

他看到老夫妇一起在花园里除草，两人之间的距离从来没有超过一只手臂那么长。

Despite my willingness to get up close and personal with the needle in the booth, I walk to the Dumpster with the trash bag between two fingers, at arm's length.

尽管在隔间内我近距离接触了这个针头，在步行到垃圾箱之前我还是愿意跟垃圾袋保持两个手指的距离，对其敬而远之。

In other words, they like to keep each other "at arm's length."

也就是说，他们喜欢让彼此保持一只手臂的距离。

He also imagined radio, television and camera equipment at arm's length on the desk.

奥特勒还设想在手臂可及的桌子上摆上收音机、电视和照相设备。

While you do want to be close to others, you feel uncomfortable with too much closeness and tend to keep your partner at arm's length.

当你想要接近别人的时候，你会因为太亲密而感觉不自在，所以你试图让伴侣保持在一臂之遥。

Being a khawagga, or white Westerner, I was often kept at arm's length by other women in public. But I held out my hand to the little boy who was inching across the aisle toward us.

作为一个白人女性，我和别的女性在公众场合总是保持一米距离，但我还是伸手接住过道那边朝我们寸一点一点挪过来的孩子。

It was to harbor drawers brimming with reference books, microfilm and bibliographic CARDS. He also imagined radio, television and camera equipment at arm's length on the desk.

操作台的抽屉里塞满了参考书、缩微胶片和各种书目卡片。奥特勒还设想在手臂可及的桌子上摆上收音机、电视和照相设备。

The conspicuous orange and white clownfish and the neon bicolor angelfish seemed to keep an arm's length away, while the black and yellow butterfly fish came right up and ate out of my hand.

色彩鲜艳的橘红色和白色相间的小丑鱼、霓虹色的双色天使鱼好像总是和你若即若离，而黑黄相间的蝴蝶鱼则径直从右侧游过来，吃掉了我手中的面包。

But the sun, as seen from Earth, is nearly as large as a little fingertip held at arm's length-a size known to astronomers as half a degree wide.

但是太阳正如我们在地球上所见，好像举起手臂，看一臂之外的指尖那样大小——对于天文学家来说也就是半度宽。

Etiquette might suggest that Obama keep the summit at arm's length and let his team of advisers act as observers.

这种礼节性的回答可能意味着奥巴马将与峰会保持适当的距离，让他的顾问团队以观察员的身份参与会议。

'Etiquette might suggest that Obama keep the summit at arm's length and let his team of advisers act as observers.

这种礼节性的回答可能意味着奥巴马将与峰会保持适当的距离，让他的顾问团队以观察员的身份参与会议。

Being a khawagga, or white Westerner, I was often kept at arm's length by other women in public.

因为作为一个老外，即阿拉伯语里特指的西方白人，我往往在公共场合被她们“保持一臂距离”。

He freely admits that he once worked for the Gosaibis, but insists that any business ties between the two groups are now purely on an "arm's length basis".

他坦率承认自己曾经为戈萨比家族工作过，但坚称现在两个集团之间的任何商业联系纯属正常商业关系。

She turns from the window, PAWS through a stack on the floor, and produces an International Herald Tribune, holding it at arm's length like a day-old fish.

她离开窗口，扒拉着地板上的一堆报纸，找出《国际先驱论坛报》，然后伸直手臂，好像拿放了一天的鱼似的拿着它。

But the Saad group insists that neither group has any stake in the other, and that any business ties between them are now at "arm's length".

但是萨阿德集团坚决表示两个集团互相并没有股份关系，而且两集团之间的联系也并非在“一臂之间”。

She held on to the ochre bannister with both hands, leaning forward, as if she were keeping it at arm's length.

她两手抓住赭色的栏干，身体朝前倾去，仿佛她要跟栏干保持一定距离似的。

Opening the bottle at arm's length would be enough to protect the killer from receiving a deadly dose.

在一臂长左右的距离打开瓶子，凶手便可避免吸入这种致命元素。

Ser Kevan laid his hands on her shoulders, held her at arm's length.

凯冯爵士双手扶住她的肩，与她保持着一臂的距离。

From a focusing standpoint, this means that a distant mountain is now up at arm's length.

以调焦的观点看，这意味着一座远山不过一臂之长。

But many complex derivatives, such as mortgage-backed securities, do not trade smoothly and frequently in arm's length markets.

可是有许多复杂的衍生品，比如抵押贷款证券，在和我们有着一定距离的市场中，进行着既不平稳又不频繁的交易。

Amid her tears she also realized that she didn't even like the guy, who had kept her at arm's length and endlessly proclaimed his inability to commit.

她在泪水中明白，她甚至根本不喜欢那个对她敬而远之、没完没了说自己无法承担责任的男人。

You should also try to keep an arm's length away from anyone you're talking to, says Misner.

米斯纳说，你还应该和交谈的对象保持一臂长度的距离。