随着感恩节和“黑色星期五”的到来，美国也开启了一年一度的购物季，越来越多的美国人选择在家用手机买东西。请看本报昨日的报道：

The Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday kickoff of the U.S. holiday shopping season showed the increasing preference for online purchases, as more Americans opted to stay home and use their smartphones while sales and traffic at brick-and-mortar stores declined.

The ongoing shift to online shopping has forced retailers across the country to invest heavily in boosting their e-commerce businesses, and also highlights the impact of early holiday promotions and year-round deals on consumer spending.

A healthy economy and rising wages gave people the confidence to splash out on retailers’ annual raft of bargains.

报道中的splash out on就是“大手大脚地花钱买东西”，例如：

They love traveling to farflung places and are happy to splash out on some of life’s luxuries.

他们喜欢远游，也乐于花钱购买一些生活奢侈品。