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。

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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。

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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。

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Relationships, says Mr Kwan, can comfortably be kept at arm's length.

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It will be managed at arm's length from government on a commercial basis and, over time, I expect to see a return to the public purse on the investment.

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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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