1·It is a natural reflexive human reaction to distance oneself from wrong doings or faults.
这是人们在逃避自己所犯错误时的一种自然反应。
2·There are matters one simply cannot get drawn into, that one must distance oneself from, if the price is not life and limb.
假使以冒生命危险为代价的话，有些事情谁也没被卷进去，那么人一定会避开的。