Is the World Cup a giant waste of money?-Host countries are growing wary?

Related words:

1. host n 主人，主辦方 v主辦 E.g. Thank for this incredible event and to our wonderful hosts.
2. tight-fisted =stingy adj 吝嗇，小氣的 E.g. The company is pretty tightfisted when it comes to bounses.
3. buoy v 維持，提振 E.g. A post-pandemic cushion of savings(應(yīng)急儲蓄） buoyed consumption, and the risk of unemployment remains low.
4. return on investment 回報率
5. take home = win some kind of award or achievement E.g. The star took the gold medal home in the last Winter of Olympics.
6. Venue n 舉辦地點，舉辦場所，會所 E.g. sports/ conference/ venue
7. spark = stimulate = promote = boost 激發(fā)，刺激
8. go unused = sit unused/ idle 閑置 相同的造詞法還有g(shù)o unanswered, go unpublished
9. bid v&n 投標(biāo)，出價 bidder 出價者，投標(biāo)者
10. bank the prestige 積累聲望

Vocabulary：

1. spree 作樂，狂歡 e.g.Elon Musk Twitter take over Begins with Firing spree. 瘋狂裁員
2. whizzy 采用最新技術(shù)的 E.g. That primitive method has since been replaced by whizzy programmes.
3. dud = a thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatifactory or worthless. E.g. In fact, it seems that he was fed some?dud?information.
4. rack up 獲得 E.g. The movie racked up a head-spinning $253m in US and Cannadian ticket sales over the weekend.
5. Chunky adj 厚實的，沉甸甸的
6. from scratch 從頭開始 E.g. Ben?built?the?shed?from scratch.
7. lead up to = the run-up to 重大時間的“前期，準(zhǔn)備階段” E.g. In the lead-up to Singles Day, business have begun to stock up in large quantities.
8. not it is cracked up to be 名不副實 I am simply not the genius I'm cracked up to be.