I held it at arm's length.

我伸直胳膊提着它。

《牛津词典》

He keeps all his clients at arm's length.

他不与任何委托人过分亲密。

《牛津词典》

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

她一直和家人保持一定距离。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Well, this is the question raised by the skeptic about skepticism or about theory and it's one that we're going to take rather seriously, but we're going to come back to it because there are ways, it seems to me, of keeping this question at arm's length.

这是由对怀疑论或理论持怀疑态度的人提出来的问题,也是我们要认真探讨的，但是我们还会回来继续讨论，因为对我而言，我们需要和这个问题保持一定距离。

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But the experience and consistency of the veteran Audi drivers ensured they always kept at arm's length.

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