afford

vt.买得起；担负得起；提供；给予

verb

1. 买得起；（有时间）做，能做
   to have enough money or time to be able to buy or to do sth
   1. Can we afford a new car?
      我们买得起一辆新车吗？
   2. None of them could afford £50 for a ticket.
      他们中没有哪个拿得出50英镑买一张票。
   3. She felt she couldn't afford any more time off work.
      她觉得再也抽不出时间歇班了。
   4. We can't afford to go abroad this summer.
      今年夏天我们没有足够的钱去国外。
   5. 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。
   6. He couldn't afford the money to go on the trip.
      他不够钱去进行这次旅行。
2. 承担得起（后果）
   if you say that you can't afford to do sth, you mean that you should not do it because it will cause problems for you if you do
   1. We cannot afford to ignore this warning.
      我们对这个警告绝不能等闲视之。
   2. They could ill afford to lose any more staff.
      他们再也不能损失员工了。
   3. We cannot afford any more delays.
      我们不能再有任何耽搁了。
3. 提供；给予
   to provide sb with sth
   1. The tree affords some shelter from the sun.
      这棵树可以挡一挡太阳。
   2. The programme affords young people the chance to gain work experience.
      这项计划给年轻人提供了获得工作经验的机会。

vt. 给予，提供；买得起 n. (Afford)人名；(英)阿福德

过去分词:afforded 第三人称单数:affords 过去式:afforded 现在分词:affording

afford 提供

前缀af-同ad-, 去，往。词根ford,向前，同forth. 指资助，推动前进。

1. My parents can't even afford a new refrigerator
   我父母甚至买不起一台新冰箱。
2. 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。
3. We couldn't afford to buy a new rug.
   我们买不起新的小地毯。
4. We can't afford to wait
   我们等不起。
5. 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。
6. The government cannot afford to alienate either group.
   疏远两个团体中的任何一方都是政府承受不起的。
7. I couldn't afford to buy any, so I borrowed them from the library.
   我一本书也买不起，只好从图书馆借。
8. He could not afford to buy a house
   他买不起房子。
9. We can't afford to give you around-the-clock protection.
   我们没有能力对你提供24小时的保护。
10. Consider how much you can afford to pay for a course, and what is your upper limit.
    考虑一下你能承受花多少钱修一门课，上限是多少。
11. The best housing they could afford was crowded and filthy.
    他们能住得起的最好的住所也非常拥挤、肮脏不堪。
12. There is a real danger that some people will no longer be able to afford insurance
    一些人很可能再也负担不起保险了。
13. I never dreamed that I would be able to afford a home here
    我从没想到我在这儿能买得起房子。
14. It's possible he won't play but I can ill afford to lose him
    有可能他不会上场，但是我几乎承受不起失去他的损失。
15. We can ill afford another scandal
    我们经不起再有丑闻出现了。
16. It's an ignorance we can ill afford.
    这是我们难以承受的无知。
17. Many families on low incomes will be unable to afford to buy their own home
    许多低收入家庭将会买不起自己的房子。
18. This service should be available to everybody, irrespective of whether they can afford it.
    这项服务应该面向所有人，不管他们是否负担得起。
19. They pay full rates. Mind you, they can afford it
    他们付全价，请注意，他们是付得起的。
20. How much money can I afford?
    我能出得起多少钱？
21. The reason our schools cannot afford better teachers is because people here are poor
    我们的学校请不起好老师的原因是因为这里的人穷。
22. The shower that we put in a few years back has broken and we cannot afford to replace it.
    我们几年前安装的淋浴器坏了，但买不起新的来换。
23. There's no way we can afford to buy a house at the moment
    眼下我们无论如何也买不起房子。
24. Soon the villagers couldn't afford to buy food for themselves.
    很快村民们就买不起口粮了。
25. If you can't afford a new copy, perhaps you can find a second hand copy.
    如果你买不起新书，你或许可以买到一本旧的。
26. In such circumstances we can't afford to wait any longer.
    情况不容许我们再等待了。
27. I cannot afford to offend him.
    我惹不起他。