keep your options open

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   保留选择余地；暂不决定

   to avoid making a decision now so that you still have a choice in the future

   Makes perfect sense. Keep your options open.

   So you might wanna keep your options open. Hmm?

电影里这样说 · 3 部

• Makes perfect sense. Keep your options open.Hillbilly Elegy2020
• Okay... I'm just saying there's nothing wrong with keeping your options open in case things don't work out.Front of the Class2008
• So you might wanna keep your options open. Hmm?About Schmidt2002
• Well, l mean, it's-- You gotta keep your options open.This Means War2012
• No, that's not true. I just wanted you to keep your options open.To All the Boys: Always and Forever2021

在完整场景里学

• 叫我第一名2008
  • 求职面试争取一个机会：elephant in the room（避而不谈的事）
  • 怪叫抽搐惹毛全家：drive someone nuts（把某人逼疯）
  • 童年抽动被误解：at the end of one's rope（走投无路）
• 关于施密特2002
  • 退休宴上听老友拆台：retire in glory（光荣退休）
  • 接长途电话为女婿拌嘴：bigger fish to fry（有更重要的事要忙）
  • 退休老人给养子录自我介绍：work out that way（结果没照设想走）

同一词条的短语

• the soft option

习语频道里接下来

• kill time
• lay a finger on
• lose your cool
• not far off
• play by the rules
• pull the wool over eyes
• put the record straight
• roll up your sleeves
• sooner rather than later
• take a shine to
• you could have fooled me
• on air