arm's-length

基本解釋

Art is sacred because it is taking you to this space where you're not just doing the subject/object arm's-length approach to nature, it takes you to a new place and that's a religious activity.
藝術(shù)是神圣的，因為它將你帶領(lǐng)到另一個空間，讓你不僅僅是主體與客體方式對待大自然，并且保持著一臂之距的疏離感。它同時帶領(lǐng)你走進(jìn)一個新領(lǐng)域，這便是一種宗教行為。
But many companies now feel that arm's-length philanthropy—simply writing cheques to charities—is no longer enough.
但許多公司現(xiàn)在認(rèn)為, 胳膊長度的慈善事業(yè)――即簡單地給慈善團(tuán)體開支票――是不夠的。
But the researchers found that starting out with the wrong industries was less of a problem for countries with arm's-length financial systems.
但研究者發(fā)現(xiàn)，產(chǎn)業(yè)不合理的國家在放手式的金融體制中卻問題不多。

JFK, deploy arm's-length iris cameras to replace passport inspection, expedite check-in and control access to restricted areas.
ECONOMIST: Africa's oil riches
Now it has found an arm's-length way to keep out unwelcome news.
ECONOMIST: China’s critics are being silenced in South-East Asia
They devote considerable effort, and not a little ingenuity, to discovering the implicit price of many things that are not traded directly in arm's-length markets.
ECONOMIST: Economics focus

lacking intimacy or friendliness, esp when possessing some special connection, such as previous closeness