I've read that most gifts are made to close kin or to support worthy causes.
That can be a downer for plans you may have made for a spending spree.
That may range from educational aid at home to famine relief in troubled countries.
They want to share their fortunes with less fortunate people who have the will but not the means to raise their communities out of poverty-stricken standstills.
I'm afraid junior hasn't inherited his father's business nous.
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worthy cause spending spree famine relief standstill nous
────────────────────────────── worthy cause, 立派な運動[主義]、大儀 ────────────────────────────── Giving While Living (1)より。
A cause is an aim or principle which a group of people supports or is fighting for.
リーダーズより
work for a good cause 大義のために働く
in the cause of freedom 自由のために
────────────────────────────── spending spree, 散財、派手な金遣い ────────────────────────────── Giving While Living (1)より。
If you spend a period of time doing something in an excessive way, you can say that you are going on a particular kind of spree.
ex) Some Americans went on a spending spree in December to beat the new tax.
────────────────────────────── famine relief, 飢餓救済 ────────────────────────────── Giving While Living (2)より。
Famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.
ex) Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine.
────────────────────────────── standstill, 行き詰まり ────────────────────────────── Giving While Living (2)より。
If movement or activity comes to or is brought to a standstill, it stops completely.
ex) Production is more or less at a standstill.
リーダーズより
at a standstill 行き詰まって
come to a standstill 行き詰まる
────────────────────────────── nous, [Vocabulary Buildingの例文より] 知性、常識 発音はヌース ────────────────────────────── Giving While Living (2)より。
Nous is intelligence or common sense. [BRIT]
ex) Few ministers have the nous or the instinct required to understand the ramification.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Giving While Living (5) 3/12-13 2008"
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