汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 興師動眾
興師動眾 (兴师动众)
to muster large forces / to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)
兴 launch / 众 Battalion / Old refers to large-scale troop dispatch / Now refers to using a lot of manpower to do something
原指大规模出兵◇指发动很多人力,多用于小题大作,含贬义为一件小事而兴师动众,值得吗?
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

难怪全世界都兴师动众,教育人们肥胖是不健康的。

No wonder the whole world is launching a campaign to educate people that fat is unhealthy.

我不喜欢摆架子,更不愿让人家兴师动众来照顾我。

I didn't like to put on AIRS, and even less to have too many people catering to me.

男性则会兴师动众,把很基础的任务转化成很大型的事件。

Men make a big thing about it and turn the most basic tasks into a very big deal.

宾客纷至、车来轿往、兴师动众,已成为禹州地方士绅的沉重负担。

Fun to guests, their cars and sedan go, scaled up, has become a heavy burden on the local gentry Yuzhou.

拜托,我很快就好了。真没理由让你们为我这么兴师动众的。

Come on! I'll be all right soon. There's no reason to bend over backward for us.

一只狐狸被二十个猎手和二十只猎狗捕得之后,说道,“不用说,他们会宰了我,可这群人畜又是多么愚蠢和可笑,这般兴师动众值得么?”

Said a hunted fox followed by twenty horsemen and a pack of twenty hounds, "of course they will kill me." But how poor and how stupid they must be.

然而,当探员们兴师动众地突袭他所在的公寓时,他却以一副我已在此恭候多时的得瑟样儿津津有味地啃着一盒甜甜圈。

agents’ cellphones in the area, he cheekily had a box of doughnuts waiting for them when they raided his apartment.