中英之鉴 中式英语之鉴434

[误] The visit to London afforded him to settle his business with the lawyers.

[正] The visit to London allowed him to settle his business with the lawyers.

注：虽然afford 与 chance 或opportunity 等连用时，含有“使......有机会做......”的意思，但afford 本身并不表示“allow”(容许，许可)的意思，所以本句不能用afford，而要用allow。再者，afford 不能用于afford sb. to do sth.(如误句)的结构中，而allow sb. to do sth.则是常见的。