afford

　　afford

　　vt.買得起;擔負得起;提供;給予

　　afford 解釋

　　1.VERB買得起;負擔得起If you cannot afford something, you do not have enough money to pay for it.

　　My parents can't even afford a new refrigerator...

　　我父母甚至買不起一臺新冰箱。

　　The arts should be available to more people at prices they can afford...

　　藝術品應該以人們能夠承受的價格面向更多的人出售。

　　We couldn't afford to buy a new rug.

　　我們買不起新的小地毯。

　　2.VERB經(jīng)得住;承受得起If you say that you cannot afford to do something or allow it to happen, you mean that you must not do it or must prevent it from happening because it would be harmful or embarrassing to you.

　　We can't afford to wait...

　　我們等不起。

　　The country could not afford the luxury of an election.

　　該國負擔不起選舉這樣奢侈的事。

　　3.VERB提供;給予If someone or something affords you an opportunity or protection, they give it to you.

　　This affords us the opportunity to ask questions about how the systems might change...

　　這給我們提供了就系統(tǒng)可能如何改變進行提問的機會。

　　It was a cold room, but it afforded a fine view of the Old City.

　　這房間雖然很冷，但是它能讓人將古城的景致盡收眼底。

　　...the protection afforded by the police.

　　警方提供的保護

　　afford 例句學習

　　These industries are luxuries that only wealth and high production efficiency can afford.

　　這些行業(yè)都是奢侈品，只有富裕和高效生產(chǎn)方能提供。

　　Revolutions such as the one in syria would seem to afford the perfect opportunity.

　　革命(比如發(fā)生在敘利亞的革命)似乎提供了實現(xiàn)這一目標的最佳機遇。

　　Today, the typical indian middle-class household can only afford a motorcycle.

　　如今，印度一般的中產(chǎn)階級家庭只能買得起摩托車。

　　All of the extra training did afford me plenty of time to myself for reflection and contemplation.

　　這些額外的訓練為我提供了大量的時間來對自己進行反思及冥想。

　　No company can afford to be associated with anything the public finds disagreeable whether it is legal or not.

　　沒有一個公司會提供一些公眾認為不合時宜的內容，不管是非法的還是合法的。

　　That combined volume is massive and it does afford us some negotiating power in terms of rates.

　　兩家結合的力量是巨大的，這也為我們提供高級的洽談力。

　　Can you afford an expensive gift for your spouse in this economy?

　　在這樣的經(jīng)濟條件下你給愛人買得起一份貴重的禮物嗎?

　　How many votes do I need to buy, and how much can I afford?

　　我需要買多少張選票，而我又買得起多少張選票呢?

　　They have been free to choose to locate in a less expensive city and thus to be able to afford more housing.

　　他們在這些房價便宜的城市，從容自由地挑選，因而有能力買得起更多這樣的住房。

　　Because we can't afford to do both. That is not politics. That's just math.

　　因為這兩項選擇我們都可以提供，這不是政策問題，而只是一個數(shù)學問題。

　　They work hard to afford things they think will make them happy, only to discover the fruits of their labour sour quickly.

　　他們勤奮工作以便買得起他們認為能使自己幸福的東西，到頭來發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的勞動果實快速的腐爛。

　　Eventually, with increased affluence, developed countries gradually were better able to afford a cleaner environment.

　　最終，隨著富裕的增加，漸漸地發(fā)達國家更能提供一個較干凈的環(huán)境。

　　Despite the gloomy picture painted by data for 2009, the future spending intentions of companies afford some room foroptimism.

　　盡管2009年的數(shù)據(jù)勾勒出一幅陰郁的畫面，但企業(yè)未來的開支意圖提供了一些樂觀的空間。

　　But it is precisely because they pay their bankers moderately that these local operators can afford to charge far lowerfees.

　　但也正是因為付給員工的薪水相對較低，中資機構才能以如此低的傭金提供服務。

　　A well-implemented version of ubiquitous computing could even afford better privacy protection than exists today.

　　無處不在的計算的一個良好的實現(xiàn)版本，甚至可以提供比目前已知技術更好的隱私保護。

　　Is it because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell upon it?

　　僅僅是因為我們這塊土地貧瘠，無法提供給那些居住在這理的人一個體面的生活嗎?

　　How long can you afford, or how long can you plan on a government being in place to be able to watch over something?

　　你能提供多久的監(jiān)控，或者說，你能指望一個政府能夠適當?shù)仃P注某件事多長時間呢?

　　They afford a whole new platform that draws on the contract between the author and the reader, but needn't restrict itselfto physical analogues.

　　他們應該提供的是一個全新的平臺能夠建立作者和讀者之間的緊密聯(lián)系，萬不可局限于簡單地對紙質書籍的模仿。

　　Already, khalil and a group of young women in tripoli told me, men and women have shed the qaddafi-era notion of theother sex as representing dangerous, impossible entanglements, since all knew few suitors could afford marriage.

　　哈利勒和一群年輕婦女在的黎波里告訴我：現(xiàn)在男人和女人都不再像卡扎菲時代的時候一樣將異性看作是危險而又復雜的代表，因為他們知道很少有人可以有足夠的錢結婚。

　　Because afghanistan cannot afford its own security, foreigners must find about$ 5 billion a year to pay for it-the bulk ofthe aid that the country would need.

　　由于阿富汗無力提供自己的防務軍費，外國人必須每年湊集50億美元為它買單，這就是這個國家所需援助的主要部分。