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单词 splurge
释义
splurge
verb[IorT]
informal
uk
/splɜːdʒ/us
/splɝːdʒ/
tospenda lot ofmoneyonbuyinggoods,especiallyexpensivegoods:
乱花（钱）；挥霍（尤指购买奢侈品）
Ifeellike splurging(out)ona newdress.我想花大价钱买件新裙子。
I canhappilysplurge 3,000poundsin oneday.
Synonym
splashout(something)UK
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to spend money
  • spendHow much do you intend to spend on a house?
  • payWhen you bought the tickets, how much did you pay?
  • investShe's invested all her savings in the business.
  • pay outI've just paid out £700 to get the car fixed.
  • splurgeWe've just splurged on new kitchen appliances.
  • blowWe won a £15 million settlement in court and we blew it all in six years.
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More examples
  • Splurge ondinnerat the Earl Grey Lodge.
  • When mywifeand I splurge, we havecaviar.
  • Rather than splurge, he put hismoneyin thebank.
  • He splurged £7,130 onclothesinItalianboutiques.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Paying money
  • advance
  • ante up (something)
  • balance
  • burn a hole insomeone'spocketidiom
  • chargeable
  • co-finance
  • compensate
  • congestion charge
  • cough
  • foot
  • lash
  • pay top dollaridiom
  • payer
  • ransom
  • settle up
  • shortchange
  • sink intosomething
  • spender
  • splash out(something)
  • spring forsomething
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splurge
noun[C]
uk
/splɜːdʒ/us
/splɝːdʒ/
anoccasionwhen someonespendsa lot ofmoneybuyingsomethingexpensive:
Charlotte made araresplurge on anexpensivebottleofperfume.
We can'taffordaspendingsplurge.
More examples
  • It was araresplurge for a man as tightfisted as herfather.
  • If you canaffordthe splurge, go for it.
  • Hisbig-ticketsplurge thisyearwas Pascal Dusapin'smodernistopera"Faustus, The Last Night."
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Buying
  • acquire
  • acquisition
  • acquisitiveness
  • bidding
  • bidding war
  • bite
  • extravagance
  • invest
  • load up onsomething
  • misorder
  • money-off
  • order form
  • ordersomethingin
  • purchasing power
  • reimportation
  • repurchase
  • retail therapy
  • ROBO
  • ROPO
  • slate
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(Definition ofsplurgefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
splurge
verb[IorT]
informal
uk
/splɜːdʒ/us
/splɝːdʒ/
tospenda lot ofmoneyonbuyinggoods,especiallyexpensivegoods
乱花（钱）；挥霍（尤指购买奢侈品）
Ifeellike splurging(out)ona newdress.我想花大价钱买件新裙子。
Synonym
splashout(sth)UK

splurge| American Dictionary

splurge
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈsplɜrdʒ/
tospendmoneyon something that is moreexpensivethan you usuallybuy:
[I]We couldsavethemoneyor splurge on a newcar

splurge

noun[C]us
/ˈsplɜrdʒ/
We go to thatrestaurantforourbigend-of-the-year splurge.
(Definition ofsplurgefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

splurge| Business English

splurge
verb[I]
informal
uk
/splɜːdʒ/us
tospenda lot ongoods,especiallyexpensivegoods:
Mostpeopledon't go out and splurge andspendalltheirmoneyoncarsandjewellery.
(Definition ofsplurgefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsplurge

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It would be monstrous if that money saw anothersplurgein local authority spending.
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He has invaded the privacy of countless people, not only politicians, and has splurged stories all over the broadsheet press.
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Can we look again at some way to improve our budgetary arrangements, so that they do not cause that last-minutesplurge?
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In this day and age, it strikes me as odd that such an organisation should be allowed tosplurgeour money in this way.
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We do not want any more splurges, with companies buying typists' chairs and desks at the end of the financial year.
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The result was asplurgeof national newspaper advertising, at vast expense.
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That explosion of credit had the effect of inflating the house market, and it led to asplurgeof consumer spending.
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Yet we have seen, and are seeing, in thesplurgeof this final fortnight, the reverse of that.
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Three years of cuts in public service are followed by a general electionsplurgeto buy back the electorate.
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It is no good having a one-offsplurgeof investment in transport that lasts a year or two.
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In the 1980s, there was an unwelcome and remarkablesplurgein consumption.
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There was a small increase in expenditure in 1982, with the pre-electionsplurgeon improvement grants, but that has been it.
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We are so determined to deliver real improvements in health and education that we will not wreck things by an undisciplinedsplurge.
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I hope he does not give us thatsplurgeagain, most of which was not related at all to the amendment.
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Do they want a return to the old days when public money was splurged on industries that eventually went bankrupt?
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