splurge

英 [spl??d?] 美[spl?d?]

GRE

復(fù)數(shù):?splurges;第三人稱單數(shù):?splurges;過去式:?splurged;過去分詞:?splurged;現(xiàn)在分詞:?splurging;

1、splash + surge.

splurge 揮霍，浪費(fèi)

可能來自 splash 和 surge 的合成詞，或直接來自擬聲詞，模仿水流的聲音，引申比喻義揮霍，浪費(fèi)。

splurge (n.): 1828, "ostentatious display," American English, of uncertain origin; originally among the class of words considered characteristic of "Western" (i.e. Kentucky) dialect. Perhaps a blend of splash and surge. The meaning "extravagant indulgence in spending" is first recorded 1928.
splurge (v.): "to make an ostentatious display, to put on a splurge" (in the older sense of the noun), by 1843, from splurge (n.). Thornton's "American Glossary" has an 1848 citation defining splurge (v.) as "to expatiate at large, to appeal to broad and general principles." Meaning "to spend extravagantly" is by 1934. Related: Splurged; splurging.

1. I'm confident that there's enough in the bank for a splurge on a great pair of shoes.: 我相信，銀行里存有足夠的錢能讓我破費(fèi)一回買雙好鞋。

2. The victory meeting should be one without any splurge.: 慶功會應(yīng)該開成一個(gè)毫不炫耀擺闊的會.

3. Billionaires swarmed into Nice to splurge millions during the summer holidays.: 暑期休假時(shí),億萬富翁們?nèi)黑吥崴箵]霍了百萬巨款.

4. And Mardi Gras , today, is a boisterous, bacchanalian splurge of music and mayhem.: 但今天的謝肉節(jié)卻成為歡騰喧鬧、狂歡暢飲而又音樂和暴行雜陳的節(jié)日.

5. And now that American spending is faltering, a splurge is welcome.: 況且既然美國消費(fèi)躊躇不前, 那炫耀一下也未嘗不可.