splurge
splurge 英 [splɜ:dʒ] 美 [splɜrdʒ]
vi. 挥霍；卖弄 n. 挥霍；炫耀 vt. 挥霍；夸耀
进行时:splurging 过去式:splurged 过去分词:splurged 第三人称单数:splurges 名词复数:splurges
- To splurge is to indulge yourself. You can also go on a splurge if you spend a lot or act extravagantly in another way.
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- vi. 挥霍；卖弄
- n. 挥霍；炫耀
- vt. 挥霍；夸耀
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1. "We may not be able to buy luxuries any more, but we can still splurge on small pleasures like chocolate, " he laughs.
“虽然我们付不起奢侈享受的钱，但是仍然可以在巧克力这类享受上小挥霍一把。” 他笑着说。
- 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.
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