spree

英 [spriː]

美 [spriː]

n.  (常指过分)玩乐，作乐; 纵乐; 一阵，一通(犯罪活动)

复数：sprees　

Collins.1 / BNC.14800 / COCA.11222

牛津词典

noun

• （常指过分）玩乐，作乐；纵乐
  a short period of time that you spend doing one particular activity that you enjoy, but often too much of it
  1. a shopping/spending spree
     狂购一气；痛痛快快花一通钱
  2. He's out on a spree .
     他到外面潇洒去了。
• 一阵，一通（犯罪活动）
  a period of activity, especially criminal activity
  1. to go on a killing spree
     一阵杀戮

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 毫无节制;纵情
  If you spend a period of time doing something in an excessive way, you can say that you are goingona particular kind ofspree.
  1. Some Americans went on a spending spree in December to beat the new tax.
     一些美国人在 12 月疯狂花钱，以避开新税。

英英释义

noun

• a brief indulgence of your impulses
  Synonym:fling

verb

• engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping

双语例句

• They went on the spree and spent a lot of money.
  他们大吃大喝，花了一大笔钱。
• Cash-rich Chinese companies are on a buying spree again, hoping to take advantage of low asset prices.
  目前，现金充裕的中国公司再次掀起收购潮，希望利用资产价格低企的时机。
• The spending spree has helped steady China's economy while other major nations remained mired in the global downturn.
  在其他主要国家仍深陷全球经济下滑泥潭的时候，大举支出帮助中国经济实现了稳定。
• Movie brings the spree to vision, but the supremacy is an inescapable topic.
  电影的音画给人类带来了视觉的狂欢，然而电影话语霸权却是不可不说的话题。
• Like Japan in the 1980s, China is going on a shopping spree of companies and real estate abroad.
  与上世纪80年代的日本一样，中国正在海外大举收购企业和房地产。
• With access to new credit lines, the Greek populace and its government went on a spending spree.
  新的信贷额度让希腊民众和政府开始了花钱如流水的日子。
• Chinese people will remain for many years after the current spree of buying behavior of heartache.
  中国人很多年后仍将会为目前这种无节制的狂热的购买行为感到心痛。
• He was away on a buying spree.
  他出去狂购物了。
• In the 10 months since Lehman imploded, Chinese companies have gone on an unprecedented buying spree.
  雷曼兄弟破产以后的10个月期间，中国公司掀起了一股规模空前的收购热潮。
• But halting the dollar buying spree seems unlikely.
  但是，要停止大量购买美元似乎不大可能。