迷你对话：

A:What did her boss say to you?

老板对你说什么了？

B:He asked me tobeef upin the work.

他让我在工作中提起精神。

A:Yeah. You look so unhappy recently. What’s the matter.

是啊。最近看起来你不大高兴。有什么事吗？

B:Nothing, thanks. I am just not in the mood these days.

没有，谢谢关系。我只是这几天情绪不好。

地道表达：

beef up

解词释义：

beef的本义是“牛肉”的意思，但是beef up与“牛肉”无关。这儿的beef指“加重，加深，增加，加强”，最动词用。

支持范例：

Eg. We must beef up the army with new young people.

我们必须招募年轻的新兵以强化军队。

Eg. Our coaches are going to beef up the quarter backs.

我们的教练打算加强后卫。

Eg. They decided to beef up the baseball pitching staff by getting new men.

他们决定征选新人，来增强棒球队的投手群。

词海拾贝：

in the mood：心情好

Eg. I was caught up in the mood of the evening.

我沉醉在夜晚的情调中。

Eg. I am not in the mood to argue.

我没有心情争辩。

Eg. To tell the truth he was not really in the mood for anything.

说实在的，他此时干什么事都打不起精神。

Eg. She was in the mood for confidences that afternoon.

那天下午她显出很自信的样子。

in the work：在工作中

Eg. He ordered that all (should) take part in the work.

他命令大家都参加这工作。

Eg, Jerry has offered to take a share in the work.

杰里表示愿意参加这项工作。

Eg. Don' t make much of your achievements in the work.

你不要总宣扬自已的工作成就。

Eg. She rolled up her sleeves and joined us in the work.

她撸起袖子, 和我们一道干了起来。