单词 | at-arms-length |
释义 | at arm's lengthphrase See full dictionary entry for armIf you hold something at arm's length, you hold it away from your body with your arm straight. He struck a match, and held it at arm's length. at arm's length in British Englishat a distance; away from familiarity with or subjection to another at arm's length in American English at a distance emotionally so as to avoid intimacy, the appearance of favoritism, etc. at arm's lengthif one person or organization is at arm's length from another, they are not closely connected, for example because it would be wrong for them to influence each another Relations between the bank and the committee will be at arm's length until the reportis delivered in July. Definition of 'at arm's length' |
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