arm's-length

基本解释

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.
艺术是神圣的，因为它将你带领到另一个空间，让你不仅仅是主体与客体方式对待大自然，并且保持着一臂之距的疏离感。它同时带领你走进一个新领域，这便是一种宗教行为。
But many companies now feel that arm's-length philanthropy—simply writing cheques to charities—is no longer enough.
但许多公司现在认为, 胳膊长度的慈善事业――即简单地给慈善团体开支票――是不够的。
But the researchers found that starting out with the wrong industries was less of a problem for countries with arm's-length financial systems.
但研究者发现，产业不合理的国家在放手式的金融体制中却问题不多。

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