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

• 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。
• Continuously rising gold prices have sparked a buying spree among individual investors throughout China this year.
  持续上升的黄金价格引发了今年中国各地个人投资者的购买热。
• The remarks triggered a buying spree for alternative reserve currencies, principally the euro.
  吴晓灵的言论引发了对替代储备货币主要是欧元的疯狂买盘。
• 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。
• 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。
• They went on the spree and spent a lot of money.
  他们大吃大喝，花了一大笔钱。
• 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。
• 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 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。