splurge

１．今日の単語は splurge です。お金は大事だよ。

Locked-down consumers splurge on gambling, takeaway and gadgets … again – Housebound consumers in Sydney and Melbourne have spent big on gambling, home deliveries and electronic gadgets during the 2021 lockdowns. But binges on homewares and office equipment that marked the lockdowns of 2020 have not been repeated. (from The Sydney Morning Herald)

ロックダウンで自宅にいると、何に splurge しますか。ギャンブル、フードデリバリー、デバイス、等々。

Chile’s 2022 draft budget seeks to tame deficit after pandemic splurge, Pinera says – SANTIAGO, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera unveiled an $82.1 billion draft budget for 2022 on Thursday that he said would begin to tame a ballooning deficit in the world’s top copper producer following more than a year of emergency spending to combat the coronavirus pandemic. (from Reuters)

どの国もコロナで splurge しました。

I can happily splurge 3,000 pounds in one day.

けっこうな金額ですけど、、、

Charlotte made a rare splurge on an expensive bottle of perfume.

めずらしく高価な香水を買いました。

We can’t afford a spending splurge.

spend と組みあわせて使えるのはちょっと意外。

２．では英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認しておきましょう。

to spend a lot of money on buying goods, especially expensive goods:

an occasion when someone spends a lot of money buying something expensive:

If you splurge on something, you spend a lot of money, usually on things that you do not need.

ぜいたくをする、散財する

今日の単語は

splurge 散在する

でした

2か月前の単語は inept 無能な

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