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单词 spree
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spree
noun[C]
uk
/spriː/us
/spriː/
ashortperiodof doing aparticular, usuallyenjoyable,activitymuch more than isusual:
（常指过分的）玩乐；短暂的放纵
Iwent onadrinking/shopping/spendingspree onSaturday.我星期六痛痛快快地喝了一通／疯狂采购了一番／挥霍了一番。
20peoplewereshotdeadin thecity, making it theworstkillingspree since theriots.20人在市内被枪杀，这是骚乱以来最可怕的杀戮行为。
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(Definition ofspreefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

spree| American Dictionary

spree
noun[C]
us
/spri/
ashortperiodof doing something in anextremeway withoutcontrol:
ashopping/spendingspree
(Definition ofspreefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

spree| Business English

spree
noun[C,usually singular]
uk
/spriː/us
aperiodoftimeduring which there is a lot ofactivityof aparticulartype,especiallywhen thisinvolvesspendingmoney:
Anambitiouspublicspendingspreehascreatedahugeholein the Treasury'sfinances.
ConsumerscontinuedtheirChristmasshoppingspreeinto the NewYear.
on a spreeSeverallargecorporationstookadvantageof thevolatilestockmarketto go on anacquisitionspree.
(Definition ofspreefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspree

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He lies insensate on the couch after his binges; then he begins to pass out on the couch during his drinking sprees.
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As the coastal cities and urban consumers went on their spendingspree, the rest of the country fell behind.
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The stoppages for a wake or a fair or a three-day drinkingspreewere an accepted part of the potter's life-and they proved the most difficult to uproot.
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While some squatters bemoaned drunken shepherds on their sprees, others despaired of their inability to rise above the squalor of shepherding to become thrifty yeomen farmers, even squatters.
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Are they also saying that the new buyingspreeon gas fired power stations will meet any problems which arise?
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Admittedly, unemployment dropped a little between 1988 and 1990, but that was merely the result of that old-fashioned consumer spendingspree.
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He is here, presumably, on yet another arms buyingspree.
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They were making pledges and embarking on public expenditure sprees.
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This great spendingspreeis going on to achieve this end.
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With the rise in wages, what may be called the "spendingspree" continued.
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It consists, roughly, of one year's spendingspreeand three years more or less of frustration and financial restriction.
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He pumped money into it and the public went on a spendingspreeas if there were no tomorrow.
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Boom or slump, recession or spendingspree, there will always be relevant financial objections to such legislation.
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Some harsh things have been said about the clearing and commercial banks who have indulged in a lendingspreeduring the past seven years.
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There is no doubt that there has been a spendingspreesince devaluation.
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