afford

　　afford

　　vt.買得起;擔(dān)負(fù)得起;提供;給予

　　afford 解釋

　　1.VERB買得起;負(fù)擔(dān)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(tái)新冰箱。

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

　　藝術(shù)品應(yīng)該以人們能夠承受的價(jià)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(guó)負(fù)擔(dān)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(jìn)行提問(wèn)的機(jī)會(huì)。

　　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(hù)

　　afford 例句學(xué)習(xí)

　　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(shí)現(xiàn)這一目標(biāo)的最佳機(jī)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(jí)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(xùn)練為我提供了大量的時(shí)間來(lái)對(duì)自己進(jìn)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(méi)有一個(gè)公司會(huì)提供一些公眾認(rèn)為不合時(shí)宜的內(nèi)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(jié)合的力量是巨大的，這也為我們提供高級(jí)的洽談力。

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

　　在這樣的經(jīng)濟(jì)條件下你給愛(ài)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?gòu)堖x票，而我又買得起多少?gòu)堖x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?cè)谶@些房?jī)r(jià)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?yàn)檫@兩項(xiàng)選擇我們都可以提供，這不是政策問(wèn)題，而只是一個(gè)數(shù)學(xué)問(wèn)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(rèn)為能使自己幸福的東西，到頭來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的勞動(dòng)果實(shí)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(dá)國(guó)家更能提供一個(gè)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(lái)的開支意圖提供了一些樂(lè)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?yàn)楦督o員工的薪水相對(duì)較低，中資機(jī)構(gòu)才能以如此低的傭金提供服務(wù)。

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

　　無(wú)處不在的計(jì)算的一個(gè)良好的實(shí)現(xiàn)版本，甚至可以提供比目前已知技術(shù)更好的隱私保護(hù)。

　　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?yàn)槲覀冞@塊土地貧瘠，無(wú)法提供給那些居住在這理的人一個(gè)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(shuō)，你能指望一個(gè)政府能夠適當(dāng)?shù)仃P(guān)注某件事多長(zhǎng)時(shí)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(yīng)該提供的是一個(gè)全新的平臺(tái)能夠建立作者和讀者之間的緊密聯(lián)系，萬(wàn)不可局限于簡(jiǎn)單地對(duì)紙質(zhì)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(shí)代的時(shí)候一樣將異性看作是危險(xiǎn)而又復(fù)雜的代表，因?yàn)樗麄冎篮苌儆腥丝梢杂凶銐虻腻X結(jié)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(wú)力提供自己的防務(wù)軍費(fèi)，外國(guó)人必須每年湊集50億美元為它買單，這就是這個(gè)國(guó)家所需援助的主要部分。