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

• The killing spree in Tripoli and other Libyan cities in recent days puts a lie to that.
  但近日在利比亚首都的黎波里和其它城市发生的疯狂杀戮，揭穿了其中的谎言。
• Chinese companies have been stepping up their global investment spree in the past 12 months.
  过去12个月里，中国企业的全球大举投资行动一直在加码。
• And no one yet knows how many new NPLs have been created by the latest lending spree.
  而且没人知道在最新一轮的放贷风潮中又增加了多少不良贷款。
• 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。
• They went on a wild$ 900 shopping spree.
  他们出去大买特买了900英镑的东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。