| 单词 | afford |
| 释义 | afford verbadverb | verb + afford adverb➤easily, well轻易买得起；完全负担得起◆she can well afford to pay for herself.她自己完全能够付得起钱。➤barely, hardly, ill, just, not really, only just勉强能支付；几乎不能负担；仅能负担；不太能负担◆an amount which we could ill afford to pay我们几乎负担不起的一个数额verb + afford➤be able to, can付得起；能负担◆we can afford to go to miami this year.我们今年有足够的钱去迈阿密。➤be unable to, cannot付不起；不能负担◆i couldn't possibly afford to eat in that restaurant.那家饭馆我根本吃不起。afford /əfɔːd; name əfɔːrd/ verb [transitive] (not used in the passive 不用于被动语态) help usually used with can, could or be able to especially in questions or negative sentences.通常与 can , could 或 be able to 连用，尤其用于疑问句或否定句。1.to have enough money to be able to buy sth 买得起◆buy the most powerful system you can afford. 购买你能支付得起的最强力系统。◆how much can you afford ( to spend)? 你能出多少钱？◆mobile phone operators said they could not afford the €4.95 bn fee set for each licence. 移动电话经营者表示，他们无力负担每个牌照 49.5 亿欧元的费用。2. (usually used in negative sentences 通常用于否定句) if you can't afford sth/to do sth you are not able to do sth or let sth happen because it would have a bad result for you 承担得起（后果）；承受风险◆we can't afford any more delays. 我们承受不了继续拖延下去的后果。◆i couldn't afford to lose the goodwill of my customers. 在客户中失去信誉，我承受不起。◆can you afford any more time off work? 你能再多抽出点时间歇班吗？☞ affordafford/əˈfɔ:d ||; əˈfɔrd/verb [t] (usually after can, could or be able to 通常用于can、could或be able to之后) afford sth/to do sth 1. to have enough money or time to be able to do sth 有足够的金钱或时间（做某事）: ◇we couldn't afford a television in those days. 那时候，我们买不起电视机。◇i've spent more money than i can afford. 我花去的钱超过了我的负担能力。 2. to not be able to do sth or let sth happen because it would have a bad result for you 承担得起（恶果）: ◇the other team was very good so we couldn't afford to make any mistakes. 另外那个队非常不错，因此我们不能出任何差错。 ➔affordable adj affordable prices 承担得起的价格 afford• ⇨ can afford• ⇨ can't afford af·ford /ə`fɔrd; əˈfɔːd/v [t] 1. can afford a) to have enough money to pay for something 负担得起，买得起:◇i wish we could afford a new computer. 但愿我们能买得起一台新电脑。◇i can't afford to buy a new car. 我买不起新车。 b) if you cannot afford to do something or let something happen, you must not do it or let it happen because it will cause problems 承担得起，受得起:◇we can't afford to offend our regular customers. 我们可得罪不起我们的老主顾。 2. formal to provide something 【正式】 提供［某物］:◇the walls afforded some protection from the wind. 这些墙壁可以挡一挡风。 ☞ afford |
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