afford

afford

美 [əˈfɔrd] 　英 [əˈfɔː(r)d]

• v.提供；给予；买得起；（有时间）做
• 网络负担得起；担负得起；付得起

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He said he couldn't afford such an expensive birthday present for his brother.

他说他负担不起帮他兄弟买那么贵的生日礼物（过去时）。

Most of us have no idea how much car we can afford except by looking at how much it would cost us each month.

而我们中的大多数人并不知道自己能否负担起某辆车，直到我们看见最后算出来每个月应当支付的还贷金额。

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford.

如果一个人厌倦了伦敦，他一定厌倦了生活，因为在伦敦有人生能赋予的一切。

If I could afford a pair of $475 shoes, I thought, I would be sitting in first class.

要是我买得起475美元的鞋子，我想，我肯定会坐在头等舱的。

Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.

有人认为我们的政治制度是如此的微不足道，因为在和平年代，我们所争论的话题都是无关紧要的。

I don't think you can afford to say it's all sequential, build out a store network and then do the internet, " he said. "

我认为，你不能说这完全是有续的，先建设门店网络，随后进行网络销售。

Then add it all up to see if you can afford the total.

这一切再加起来看看你可以负担的比例。

Kurt wanted to buy a home for his wife and two children -- and he wanted to do it through a mortgage he could afford.

科特打算以自己可以承受价格贷款给妻子和两个孩子买套房子。

She was, she says, lucky to be able to afford to leave.

她说，她很幸运可以这样义无反顾地离开。

You are going to have to be more tight with your money. You can't afford to keep spending like this.

你得注意紧着点儿花钱了。这样挥霍下去你吃不消的。

Just imagine, in a few years, you and I will be able to afford wheels like that.

嗯~，就算以后我能赚那么多钱，我大概啊也不会用来买那样的车。

How much will you need to have saved by your retirement date to be able to afford this course of action?

为了能实行得起这个退休计划，退休之前你要存好多少钱呢？

They let you know how much they can afford, and you actually want to work with them.

他们告诉你他们能掏多少钱，这样你很非常想配合他们。

How much can I afford to lose on this trade?

本次交易我能承担多大的亏损？

I'd expect to see a strong team sent out against Unirea. We can't afford to be complacent and field all the fringe players and kids.

我非常期望一支强大的球队面对乌尔济切尼，我们并不会因为周围是我们的球迷而得意。

He said the nation cannot afford to let the $858 billion measure fall victim to delay or defeat.

他说，美国不能让这个8580亿美元的议案被拖延或是不能通过。

While Downey's mother could afford the cost of these packages, it was a financial hardship for Fecteau's parents.

虽然唐尼的母亲能负担得起寄给他的包裹费用，但是对费克图的父母来说，这构成了经济上的困难。

How much more greenhouse gas emissions can the world afford to bear, then, if developing countries keep consuming as much energy.

假如世界各国持续像今日中国那样消耗巨大能源的话，我们的地球到底能够承受多少温室气体的排放。

Much as Washington might not like the AU, it cannot ignore the AU, nor afford to turn the AU into a diplomatic adversary.

尽管华盛顿可能并不喜欢非盟，但是不能忽视非盟，也不能试图将非盟变成一个外交敌人。

He was an undersized stocky man who did not seem to know how to dress very well or could not afford it.

这个人太矮胖，仿佛并不知道该怎样穿得体面些，也许是穿不起。

We can afford to sell them cheap.

我们可以冒险把它们廉价出售。

We can't afford the loss of a day.

我们经不起一天（时间）的损失。

Industrial countries need never go short of food because of crop failure, since they can always afford to buy enough on world markets.

工业国决不会因作物歉收而缺乏粮食，因为它们总有能力在国际市场上买到足够的粮食。

It's all right for the rich; they can afford these taxes, but we poor people can not.

这对富人是无所谓的，他们交得起这些税，但我们穷人却不能。

The apparent paradox was that only as America became more American could it afford to be more European.

有趣的是，只有美国更加美国化的时候，美国才敢于欧化。

The only way we could afford to produce this car at a terrific price was to sell a ton of them.

要以相宜的价钱制造这部车，唯一的办法是多销。

The only remaining question was whether Chrysler could afford me-and I don't just mean financially.

剩下的最后一个问题就是克莱斯勒公司是否能让我放开手脚干--我的意思不仅仅是财政方面。

Those who could afford to trade up were more likely to graduate to a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.

能购买得起较昂贵的汽车的人更有可能升级购买一辆别克、欧尔茨或迪拉车。

I shouldn't have thought a missionary was such a big bug that he could afford to put on frills.

我可不认为传教士是什么了不起的人物，竟然这样挑剔。

Stimulation induces a response of the person to those objects in his environment which afford expression or his wishes.

刺激的意义在于，它能引发一个人对其周围环境中某些事物做出反应，这些事物都可以表达他的愿望。

Although Hitler could not afford to resent it, all the world, as will be seen, understood the significance of the gesture.

虽然希特勒敢怒不敢言，但正如我们行将见到的，举世都了解这一举措的重大意义。

A man who has made so many mistakes can't afford to ignore the corrections of his friends.

一个犯了这么多错误的人，再也不能不理会朋友们的责备了。

He couldn't afford the money to go on the trip.

他不够钱去进行这次旅行。

I cannot afford to lose one hour.

一小时也不容我推迟。

Why wait? You can afford tomorrow's dream today!

既然明天的梦想今天就有能力实现，你还等什么！

They could ill afford to lose any more staff.

他们再也不能损失员工了。

I can't afford more than two pounds.

我只能付得起两英镑。

You can't afford to give a condemnation.

你根本没有资格指责别人。

We didn't get abroad for our holiday as usual, we couldn't afford this year.

今年我们不能像往年一样在假日里出国旅行，我们付不起这笔费用。

I couldn't afford to lose anyone.

我不愿失去他们中间任何一人。

We can ill afford to lose tuneful wind-pipes like yours when they fall among us.

像你有这么一个好嗓子，已经到了我们这儿来，又要跑掉，真叫我们舍不得。

We cannot afford to sleep away our life.

我们可没有时间整天睡大觉。

He can comfortably afford the extra expense.

他支付这些额外的费用毫无问题。

The crunch is that we can't afford to go abroad this year.

症结在于我们今年担负不起出国的费用。

HOW much computing can mankind afford?

人类能够承受多少台电脑？

His wretched clothing might have justified that he could only afford for such an inferior mess.

看他那一身可怜的穿戴想必也只能吃这种伙食。

We cannot afford the risk of losing a class of first-rate insecticides with no suitable replacements ready to step in and do the same job.

我们无法承受在失去这类一流杀虫剂的同时，没有适当的替代品加入进来并起到同样的作用。

They are wonderful things---if you can afford them and are able to put them together with your own personal stamp.

他们是美妙的事如果您能买得起他们并且能投入他们与您自己的个人邮票一起。

He felt content, as if his daughter were already off living somewhere on her own, in comfort and joy, and he could afford to take a break.

他感到心满意足了，好像他的女儿自己离开，安逸而快乐地到某个地方去生活了似的，他能够休息一会儿了。

I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad mood , just because you can't afford some famous-brand clothes. I think it's not wise to do so.

我很遗憾的听说你这几天心情不好，仅仅是因为买不起名牌衣服，我认为你这样做是很不明智的。

Julie Crecelius, 38, who also attends the Argyle camp, said she used to work with a personal trainer but could afford only two hours a week.

朱莉.克莱克雷斯38岁，他同样也想加入安格雷营地，说她过去常常和私人教练健身但是每周只能支付起2个小时。

An adult thinks "I can't afford to pay cash for it, but I am managing my finances in such a way that I will one day be able to. "

一个成年人想的是：“我用现金买不起它，但以我现在的理财方式，有天我会买得起的。”

As with most health benefits, it comes down to lifestyle, rather than how much you can afford to spend on products.

获得最大的健康之益这个目标成为了人们的生活方式，而他们从不去考虑能为购买这些产品负担多少。

America, with a younger population, can afford to keep it a smidgen lower.

由于美国的人口较年轻，退休年龄可以稍低一点。

Anything such a man asks shall be granted, his kind is so rare that no employer can afford to let him go.

这样的人所有的要求都能得到满足，他们的善良如此珍稀，任何老板离开他们都损失惨重。

Just as the car industry can't afford to lag too far behind the consumer, it also can't afford to be too far ahead of him.

汽车业既不能落后于消费者的要求太远，也不能超前太多。

Because cacao beans had to be shipped such a long distance, chocolate was an expensive drink and only the rich could afford it.

由于可可豆必须以船运送这麽远的一段距离，于是巧克力成了一种昂贵的饮料，只有有钱人才负担的起；

We simply cannot afford to be distracted from our central purpose. We cannot let the momentum, the drive, stumble for a moment.

我们绝不能忘记我们的核心宗旨，而且一刻都不能减弱势头和活力。

The more well-off a family and the greater its economic success are deciding factors in how much leisure a woman can afford.

一个女子所被给予的闲暇时光的多少取决于一个家庭的富裕程度和其经济成就高低。

Is there such a thing as a non-regulated part of the financial sector that you can afford to ignore?

你可以忽略金融业中不受监管的部分，哪有这种事？

With far more money than any other party, the NCP can afford to do this sort of thing.

相对于其他政党拥有丰厚的资金，全国大会党可以承担这类事情的费用。

They may be able to work out your loan for you, give you a grace period, or even restructure your loan into terms you can afford.

他们也许会想出一个贷款给你，给你一个宽限期，或者重新建立一笔你可以承付的贷款。

Because buying a new car would be very expensive and I wouldn't be able to afford the insurance.

因为买新车太贵了，也付不起保险费。

I lived there for quite a few years, I chose the smallest room so it was not that cold in winter and I could not afford a good heater.

在这里住几年，我选择最小的房间因为这样冬天比较不冷，我没钱买好的热气机。