ado

IPA/əˈduː/
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ado — 名詞

1. noisy, hurried activity or commotion; a state of busy excitement

1.名詞C1
釋義

喧囂；忙亂

對小事過度緊張或忙亂的狀態

noisy, hurried activity or commotion; a state of busy excitement

例句

The children made a great ado decorating the hall before the guests arrived.

孩子們在賓客抵達前忙著布置會場，引起一陣喧囂。

collocation: make a great ado + activity

Beatrix caused quite an ado when she knocked over a tall stack of library books.

Beatrix 撞倒圖書館一疊高高的書時，引起了一陣喧囂。

collocation: cause an ado

同義詞
  • fuss

    more common, everyday word for unnecessary excitement or bother

  • commotion

    emphasises noise and physical disorder more than ado does

  • stir

    milder and usually shorter-lived than ado

文法句型

make an ado about something

cause an ado

用法筆記

Often used with 'make' or 'cause' to describe the act of creating a fuss. The word carries a slightly old-fashioned, literary tone.

常見錯誤

❌She said her ado and left the party.
✅She said goodbye and left the party.
💡'ado' means fuss or commotion, not farewell; you may be confusing it with 'adieu' (French for goodbye).
❌He was adoing about the mess for hours.
✅He made an ado about the mess for hours.
💡'ado' is a noun, not a verb. Use it with 'make' or 'cause'.

2. fuss or excitement whose scale far outstrips what the situation actually calls f

2.名詞C1
釋義

小題大作

反應遠超過情況所需的程度

fuss or excitement whose scale far outstrips what the situation actually calls for

例句

Sade felt the media's ado about the small policy change was wildly overblown.

Sade 覺得媒體對那項小政策變動的小題大作實在太過誇張。

collocation: ado about something

The manager's lengthy speech was far more ado than a simple office move required.

經理為了單純的辦公室搬遷就長篇大論，實在是小題大作。

pattern: more ado than something requires

同義詞
  • overreaction

    a more direct, modern word for a response that is too strong

  • hullabaloo

    informal and emphasises loud noise more than ado

  • storm in a teacup

    British idiom for a big fuss over something trivial

文法句型

much ado about something

more ado than something requires

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1 (UNNECESSARY FUSS): this sense always stresses that the reaction is out of proportion to its cause, not merely that it is busy or noisy.