"Father, " said Young Jerry, as they walked along: taking care to keep at arm's length and to have the stool well between them:"what's a Resurrection-Man?"

“爸爸，”两人同路走着时小杰瑞说，说时同爸爸保持一臂的距离，当中还夹着一个板凳，“什么叫‘复活贩子’？”

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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。

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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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Instead, they prefer to keep America's aspiring citizens at arm's length and make sure their fingerprints are taken.

ECONOMIST: Immigration

The more uncertainty there is, the more each woman is likely to keep the other at arm's length.

WSJ: Getting Along With the Original Other Woman��Your Mother-in-Law

Unreasonably allergic to immigration, reasonably wishing to leave people to their own devices, Britain has sought to keep the colonies at arm's length.

ECONOMIST: Is it a colony or isn��t it?