keep / leave (one's) options open
暂不作决定，留有选择余地；推迟做决定；让自己的路子更宽阔
【En】to wait before making a choice. 在做出决定之前等待。
If you keep your options open or leave your options open, you delay making a decision about something. 如果你要保留你的选择或没有进行选择，你就是延迟了对某事的决定。
To refrain from making a decision or commitment that will limit one's choices in the future. 克制不做会限制自己未来选择的决定或承诺。
avoid making a decision now so that you still have a choice in the future. 不要现在就做决定，这样你将来还可以有更多的选择。
【Scenario Listening 场景听力】
● I'm keeping all my options open for the moment.
我暂时不排除任何可能。
● I am keeping my options open. I have not made a decision on either matter.
我将保留我的选择。这两件事我都还没有做出决定。
【Scenario Example 场景示例】
● I want to keep my options open for the moment.
目前我想暂不表态。
● I'm going to keep my options open while I find out about studying abroad.
在了解国外大学课程期间，我打算暂不作决定。
● Don' t take the job now keep your options open until you leave university.
先别接受这份工作--暂时保留选择权, 到离开这所大学再说。
● Doing business with him is sometimes quite stressful. He likes to keep all his options open until the very last minute.
和他做生意有时压力很大。他喜欢把所有的选择都保留到最后一刻。
● Some companies are keeping their options open on retaining or dumping anachronistic names.
一些公司在保留或抛弃不合时宜的名字方面仍有选择余地。
● You're awfully young to be getting married. I just think you should keep your options open until you're finished with college.
你这么年轻就结婚了。我只是觉得你应该在大学毕业前再考虑其他选择。
● They've offered me a good salary if I stay with the company, but I think I'd like to keep my options open.
如果我继续在这家公司工作，他们已经给我提供了很高的薪水，但我还是希望有更多的选择。
● Either way, you can keep your options open.
不管怎样，你都可以多做选择。
● We'll go to Princetown. But I'm keeping my options open. If there's any more trouble…we're out, we're home.
我们要去普林斯顿。但我会保留我的选择。如果碰上什么麻烦的话，我们就回家了。
● Flexibility is key, keeping your options open.
灵活性是关键，给自己留点儿选择余地。
● We must expect to be surprised in the future, and we must keep our options open.
我们必须期待未来会有惊喜，我们必须保持选择余地。
● You need to keep your options open in order to change courses at a moment's notice.
你需要保留你的选择，以便在接到通知后立即改变课程。
● At the end of the season, I will keep my options open.
在赛季结束时，我会保留我的选择。