Subject : You are as keen as mustard about the work.

第一，迷你對話

A: You are as keen as mustard about the work.

你非常熱衷于工作哦。

B: That’s for your praise. I am glad to hear that.

謝謝夸獎。很高興聽到您這么說。

第二，地道表達

as keen as mustard

1. 解詞釋義

As keen as mustard中的mustard的意思是“強烈的興趣”。Keen是指感情等熱烈的強烈的，深刻的。那么整個短語的意思是“熱衷，非常感興趣”。要表示熱衷于……，對…..非常感興趣，在短語的后面用介詞about。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. In his early years, he was as keen as mustard about basketball.

他早年熱衷于打籃球。

e.g. McNamara are not as keen as mustard about the assignment.

麥克納馬拉并不熱衷于自己的任務。

e.g. She was as keen as the mustard about bird-watching since she moved to London.

她自從搬到倫敦，就熱衷于賞鳥。