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.
例文
1. I 'm confident that there 's enough in the bank for a splurge on a great pair of shoes.
銀行には良い靴を買うのに十分なお金があると信じています。
2.The victory meeting should be one without any splurge .
祝賀会は見せびらかすことのない会にすべきだ。
3.Billionaires swarmed into Nice to splurge millions during the summer holidays.
夏休みの間、億万長者たちはニースに向かって百万の大金を浪費した。
4.And Mardi Gras，today，is a boisterous，bacchanalian splurge of music and mayhem.
だが、今日の謝肉祭はにぎやかで、お祭り騒ぎで、音楽と暴行が入り乱れた祝日となっている。
＜dl>＜dt＞5.And now that American spending is faltering，a splurge is welcome.