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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++a·do /əˈduː/ noun  without more/further ado DELAYwithout delaying or wasting any time 毫不延误,立即,干脆 So without further ado, I’ll now ask Mr Davis to open the debate. 不再多说了,现在我请戴维斯先生开始辩论。
Examples from the Corpus
adoThe emptying of the house could therefore no longer be postponed and Charlotte had decided to put matters in hand without further ado.Without further ado, I set to work.And without more ado he booked his one-way ticket.The two men say it's much ado about nothing.He fairly squirmed with the agony of having made so much ado about nothing.So much ado about so little.But mostly, it was much ado about nothing.
Origin ado (1300-1400) at do to do, being done
a·do nounChineseSyllable
Corpus any or time wasting delaying without


ado
ado /əˈduː/ noun
 Date: 1300-1400
 Origin: at do 'to do, being done'
without more/further ado without delaying or wasting any time:
    So without further ado, I’ll now ask Mr Davis to open the debate.


adoBrE /əˈduː/ 🔊NAmE /əˈduː/ 🔊 nounwithout further/more ado(old-fashioned) without delaying; immediately 毫不迟延;干脆;立即