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

• Billionaires have been on a real estate buying spree.
  亿万富豪们掀起了一股购买房产的狂潮。
• 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。
• 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。
• They went on the spree and spent a lot of money.
  他们大吃大喝，花了一大笔钱。
• Chinese companies have been on a buying spree, snapping up mineral and hydrocarbons resources around the world.
  中国企业近来在海外大举投资，忙着在世界各地收购矿产和油气资源。
• 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。
• But halting the dollar buying spree seems unlikely.
  但是，要停止大量购买美元似乎不大可能。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was away on a buying spree.
  他出去狂购物了。