afford
afford
vt.买得起;担负得起;提供;给予
afford 解释
1.VERB买得起;负担得起If you cannot afford something, you do not have enough money to pay for it.
My parents can't even afford a new refrigerator...
我父母甚至买不起一台新冰箱。
The arts should be available to more people at prices they can afford...
艺术品应该以人们能够承受的价格面向更多的人出售。
We couldn't afford to buy a new rug.
我们买不起新的小地毯。
2.VERB经得住;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...
我们等不起。
The country could not afford the luxury of an election.
该国负担不起选举这样奢侈的事。
3.VERB提供;给予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...
这给我们提供了就系统可能如何改变进行提问的机会。
It was a cold room, but it afforded a fine view of the Old City.
这房间虽然很冷，但是它能让人将古城的景致尽收眼底。
...the protection afforded by the police.
警方提供的保护
afford 例句学习
These industries are luxuries that only wealth and high production efficiency can afford.
这些行业都是奢侈品，只有富裕和高效生产方能提供。
Revolutions such as the one in syria would seem to afford the perfect opportunity.
革命(比如发生在叙利亚的革命)似乎提供了实现这一目标的最佳机遇。
Today, the typical indian middle-class household can only afford a motorcycle.
如今，印度一般的中产阶级家庭只能买得起摩托车。
All of the extra training did afford me plenty of time to myself for reflection and contemplation.
这些额外的训练为我提供了大量的时间来对自己进行反思及冥想。
No company can afford to be associated with anything the public finds disagreeable whether it is legal or not.
没有一个公司会提供一些公众认为不合时宜的内容，不管是非法的还是合法的。
That combined volume is massive and it does afford us some negotiating power in terms of rates.
两家结合的力量是巨大的，这也为我们提供高级的洽谈力。
Can you afford an expensive gift for your spouse in this economy?
在这样的经济条件下你给爱人买得起一份贵重的礼物吗?
How many votes do I need to buy, and how much can I afford?
我需要买多少张选票，而我又买得起多少张选票呢?
They have been free to choose to locate in a less expensive city and thus to be able to afford more housing.
他们在这些房价便宜的城市，从容自由地挑选，因而有能力买得起更多这样的住房。
Because we can't afford to do both. That is not politics. That's just math.
因为这两项选择我们都可以提供，这不是政策问题，而只是一个数学问题。
They work hard to afford things they think will make them happy, only to discover the fruits of their labour sour quickly.
他们勤奋工作以便买得起他们认为能使自己幸福的东西，到头来发现他们的劳动果实快速的腐烂。
Eventually, with increased affluence, developed countries gradually were better able to afford a cleaner environment.
最终，随着富裕的增加，渐渐地发达国家更能提供一个较干净的环境。
Despite the gloomy picture painted by data for 2009, the future spending intentions of companies afford some room foroptimism.
尽管2009年的数据勾勒出一幅阴郁的画面，但企业未来的开支意图提供了一些乐观的空间。
But it is precisely because they pay their bankers moderately that these local operators can afford to charge far lowerfees.
但也正是因为付给员工的薪水相对较低，中资机构才能以如此低的佣金提供服务。
A well-implemented version of ubiquitous computing could even afford better privacy protection than exists today.
无处不在的计算的一个良好的实现版本，甚至可以提供比目前已知技术更好的隐私保护。
Is it because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell upon it?
仅仅是因为我们这块土地贫瘠，无法提供给那些居住在这理的人一个体面的生活吗?
How long can you afford, or how long can you plan on a government being in place to be able to watch over something?
你能提供多久的监控，或者说，你能指望一个政府能够适当地关注某件事多长时间呢?
They afford a whole new platform that draws on the contract between the author and the reader, but needn't restrict itselfto physical analogues.
他们应该提供的是一个全新的平台能够建立作者和读者之间的紧密联系，万不可局限于简单地对纸质书籍的模仿。
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.
哈利勒和一群年轻妇女在的黎波里告诉我：现在男人和女人都不再像卡扎菲时代的时候一样将异性看作是危险而又复杂的代表，因为他们知道很少有人可以有足够的钱结婚。
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.
由于阿富汗无力提供自己的防务军费，外国人必须每年凑集50亿美元为它买单，这就是这个国家所需援助的主要部分。
