afford
释义
v.承担得起（后果）；买得起
出现位置
小学-译林版 · 译林版八年级英语下册 · Unit 7 International charities
例句（20 条）
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We're wasting valuable time, time we can ill afford.
我们是在浪费宝贵的时间，我们浪费不起的时间。
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I couldn't afford to buy any, so I borrowed them from the library.
我一本也买不起，所以从图书馆借了这些。
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How much money can I afford?
我能出得起多少钱？
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I can't afford it, it's too expensive.
我买不起，太贵了。
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The government cannot afford to alienate either group.
该政府承担不起冷落两个组织中的任何一个。
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I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn't afford new shoes.
我知道我们需要找到那只鞋，因为我们的妈妈买不起新鞋。
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She never took a taxi, even though she could afford to.
尽管她坐得起出租汽车，但她从未坐过。
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They could ill afford to lose any more staff.
他们再也不能损失员工了。
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I just cannot afford to keep myself.
我连自己也养活不了。
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We can't afford to slip up.
我们疏忽不得。
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I can't afford it at that price.
这样的价格我付不起。
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The firm cannot afford to carry passengers.
公司养不起白吃饭的人。
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They could not afford to spoil those maps by careless colouring.
他们不敢用随意的涂色毁了那些地图。
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They want their parents to have access to affordable long-term care.
他们希望他们的父母可以得到负担得起的长期看护。
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This means advertisers can afford to repeat their ads often.
这意味着广告商可以经常重复他们的广告。
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If you can make 100 tons of the drug, but it costs $100,000 a gram that might not be a useful drug because nobody could afford to use it.
如果你能制造一百吨这种药物，但每克的成本是十万美元，这药可能就没什么用，因为没人买得起它。
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It could make extra training and instruction affordable.
这使人们负担得起额外的培训和指导费用。
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My parents lent me the money. Otherwise, I couldn't have afforded the trip.
我父母借钱给我了。否则，我可付不起这次旅费。
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We cannot afford to drop behind our competitors.
我们可担当不起落后于竞争对手的后果。
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We can't afford to go abroad this summer.
今年夏天我们没有足够的钱去国外。