sprees

英 [spriːz]

美 [spriz]

n.  (常指过分)玩乐，作乐; 纵乐; 一阵，一通(犯罪活动)
spree的复数

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。

双语例句

• Living within her economic means felt "warmer" than credit card shopping sprees she couldn't afford.
  的生活感觉要比无法承担的信用卡购物疯狂更”暖“。
• The move would have been an unusual step for the central bank years ago, but since the financial crisis, bond-shopping sprees have become almost commonplace& a "new normal," if you will.
  如果放在几年前，美联储此举堪称不同寻常，但自金融危机以来，狂买债券几乎已经司空见惯&或许可称之为“新的常态”。
• In effect, the tax would be an income tax with an exemption for savings, encouraging investment but discouraging spending sprees.
  这种税实质上是一种收入税，但对用于储蓄的部分免征，从而达到鼓励投资、抑制疯狂支出的目的。
• The gradual climb towards the symbolic$ 100-a-barrel level is transforming the domestic economies of producer countries, allowing OPEC members to go on spending sprees or launch large development projects.
  油价逐渐向着具有象征意义的每桶100美元攀升，正改变着各生产国的国内经济状况，使欧佩克成员国可以继续大举支出，或启动大型开发项目。
• Large non-financial companies on both sides of the Atlantic have substantial free cash flow and little appetite to embark on acquisition sprees.
  大西洋两岸的大型非金融企业都有着充足的现金流，但对于加入收购狂潮缺乏兴趣。
• Women like shopping sprees more than men.
  女人比男人更喜欢大采购。
• With a finite amount of cash, you'll start to think twice before those spur-of-the-moment spending sprees.
  因为金额有限，在你想冲动购物时，你就会开始再三考虑了。
• Case studies have found that recipients invest little of the money in farm equipment or business start-ups, preferring instead to go on shopping sprees.
  个案研究发现，受款人很少把钱投资在农耕机械或创业上，宁可去疯狂购物。
• While the rest of us dragged ourselves out of recession, China stabilised the global economy with the mother of all spending sprees.
  在其他国家艰难地使自己摆脱衰退之际，中国通过大举支出稳定了全球经济。
• Three-quarters of adults questioned in an online poll said they would sacrifice holidays, dining out, going to the movies and even shopping sprees but they could not resist buying books.
  在一项在线调查中，四分之三的受访成年人说他们可以牺牲度假、出去吃饭、看电影甚至购物，但却无法抵制买书的欲望。