"keep your powder dry" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 保持準備（保持警覺）

Definition

保持警覺，隨時準備在正確時刻採取行動。這個表達來自需要保持火藥乾燥才能使用的時代。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是一個較正式的用語，多出現在商務、政治或建議場合，並不是真正指火藥。意思是要『保持準備』。

Examples

It's important to keep your powder dry when waiting for the right opportunity.

等待合適時機時，**保持準備**很重要。

If you want to succeed, you should keep your powder dry until the time is right.

如果你想成功，應該**保持準備**直到時機成熟。

The manager advised the team to keep their powder dry before making any decisions.

經理建議團隊在做決定前**保持準備**。

We can't act just yet—let's keep our powder dry until we get more information.

我們還不能行動——等獲得更多資訊後再**保持準備**。

Things are changing fast, so let's keep our powder dry and see what happens next.

情況變化很快，讓我們**保持準備**，看看接下來會怎樣。

Even though the negotiations are going well, it's wise to keep your powder dry just in case.

即使談判進展順利，也要**保持準備**以防萬一。