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

• No one will lose sleep over a couple on a killing spree.
  在杀戮狂欢中没人会担心一对夫妇的。
• It's not that I'm so giddy, I've been on a shopping spree.
  不是我太轻浮，我刚沉醉在购物的喜悦中。
• But the company had loaded up on debt to pay for the building spree.
  但大规模的建设让公司背上了沉重债务。
• It was payday, so we went out on a spree.
  发工资了，所以我们出外狂欢了一回。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's now been confirmed that the gunman's killing spree continued for an hour and a half.
  现在已经证实，持枪杀人狂魔的扫射持续了一个半小时。
• They went on the spree and spent a lot of money.
  他们大吃大喝，花了一大笔钱。
• 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。
• 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。