1828, "ostentatious display," American English, of uncertain origin; originally among the class of words considered characteristic of "Western" (i.e. Kentucky) dialect. Perhaps a blend of splash and surge. The meaning "extravagant indulgence in spending" is first recorded 1928.
splurge (v.)
"to make an ostentatious display, to put on a splurge" (in the older sense of the noun), by 1843, from splurge (n.). Thornton's "American Glossary" has an 1848 citation defining splurge (v.) as "to expatiate at large, to appeal to broad and general principles." Meaning "to spend extravagantly" is by 1934. Related: Splurged; splurging.
雙語例句
1. I'm confident that there's enough in the bank for a splurge on a great pair of shoes.
我相信，銀行裏存有足夠的錢能讓我破費一回買雙好鞋。
來自柯林斯例句
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.
來自辭典例句
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了百萬巨款.
來自辭典例句
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.
來自辭典例句
5. And now that American spending is faltering, a splurge is welcome.