splurge

splurge

英 [splɜːdʒ]
　　美 [splɝdʒ]

vi. 揮霍；賣弄
　　n. 揮霍；炫耀
　　vt. 揮霍；誇耀

中文詞源：

splurge 揮霍，浪費

可能來自 splash 和 surge 的合成詞，或直接來自擬聲詞，模仿水流的聲音，引申比喻義揮霍， 浪費。

例句：

1. I'm confident that there's enough in the bank for a splurge on a great pair of shoes.
我相信，銀行裡存有足夠的錢能讓我破費一回買雙好鞋。

2. The victory meeting should be one without any splurge.
慶功會應該開成一個毫不炫耀擺闊的會.

3. Billionaires swarmed into Nice to splurge millions during the summer holidays.
暑期休假時,億萬富翁們群趨尼斯揮霍瞭百萬巨款.

4. And Mardi Gras , today, is a boisterous, bacchanalian splurge of music and mayhem.
但今天的謝肉節卻成為歡騰喧鬧 、 狂歡暢飲而又音樂和暴行雜陳的節日.

5. And now that American spending is faltering, a splurge is welcome.
況且既然美國消費躊躇不前, 那炫耀一下也未嘗不可.