| 单词 | at arm's length |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat arm's length (a) at arm's length. extracted from armn.1 (i) As far as one can reach with one's arm; (hence) at a distance, remote, not on familiar or friendly terms. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > a long way off [phrase] > kept or placed at a distance at (the) arm's enda1586 at arm's length1655 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 68 He hath his weapon in his hand, with which he will keep the Preacher, and the Word he chargeth him with at armes length. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 296 The Moabites could not give Israel the fall at armes length. a1703 E. Filmer Def. Plays (1707) 35 Keep those roguy Players at Arms length. 1741 J. Swift Some Free Thoughts upon Present State Affairs 29 in Lett. To stand at Arm's length with her Majesty. 1803 Sporting Mag. Apr. 9/2 I kept my man at arm's-length. 1879 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 462/2 He gazed at [the newspaper]..again, holding it at arm's length, as if it had been a looking glass. 1957 J. Agee Death in Family ii. vii. 133 She wanted to hold her niece at arms' length and to turn and admire this blossoming. 1999 J. Burchill Married Alive iv. 58 Your neighbours are easy enough to keep at arms length. (ii) Law. Of two parties: without legal obligations to each other, esp. fiduciary obligations; (also more generally) in an independent or impartial position; conducted by independent or impartial parties. ΚΠ 1790 Mackreth versus Fox & Others 29 They were at arm's length: they were not in confidence..each was to be guardian of his own interests. 1806 J. Scott in F. Vesey Rep. Cases Chancery (ed. 2) 6 277 The parties must be put so much at arm's length that they agree to take the characters of purchaser and vendor. 1827 Prop. Lawyer 4 122 Where parties deal for an estate, they may put each other at arm's length; the purchaser may use his own knowledge, and is not bound to give the vendor information of the value of the property. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law vi. 35 Unless there is perfect fair-dealing, and the dealing is, as it is termed, at arm's-length, it would not be allowed to stand. 1903 Law Q. Rev. 75 288 Where the two parties are at arm's length, each acting on his own motion, there is no implied promise by either to indemnify the other. 1979 Internat. Lawyer 13 257 They are not standard form contracts but are usually negotiated by parties at arms-length who are capable of taking care of their own interests. 2010 Urban Lawyer 42 330 The Atlantic Yards agreements—supposedly negotiated at arm's length. < as lemmas |
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