informal <非正式>
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- an act of spending money freely or extravagantly挥霍金钱:
the annual pre-Christmas splurge.
一年一度的圣诞节节前大采购。
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- a large or excessive amount of something大量的东西; 过量的东西:
there has recently been a splurge of teach-yourself books.
最近有大量自学书籍上市。
with obj.
- spend (money) freely or extravagantly挥霍, 大手大脚地花钱:
I'd splurged about £2,500 on clothes
我狂买衣服花了大约2,500英镑
no obj. we splurged on T-bone steaks.我们花很多钱吃T型骨牛排。
词源
early 19th cent. (originally US): probably imitative.