英 [əˈfɔːd] 美 [əˈfɔːrd]
v. 买得起；有（时间）做某事；承担得起；<正式>提供，给予
n. （Afford）（英、美）阿福德（人名）
第三人称单数affords
现在分词affording
过去式afforded
过去分词afforded
afford /əˈfɔːd/ CET4 TEM4 [ affording afforded affords ]
及物动词 If you cannot afford something, you do not have enough money to pay for it. 支付得起
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.
艺术品应该以人们支付得起的价格提供给更多人。
及物动词 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. 承担得起
We can't afford to wait.
我们等不起。
be able to spare or give up
I can't afford to spend two hours with this person
have the financial means to do something or buy something
We can't afford to send our children to college ; Can you afford this car?
给予，提供；买得起
担负得起
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affordable 负担得起的
He could barely afford the fare.
他几乎付不起车费。
Can we afford a new car?
我们买得起一辆新车吗？
We can't afford to wait.
我们等不起。
In the future, project organizers want to have international donors buy the kits for girls and young women who cannot afford them.
VOA : special.2009.03.16
Now never mind that our own experience with virgins has failed to afford us such a spectacle of bodily transformation.
没有关系，如果我们关于贞操的知识,之前未能告诉我们如此壮观的身体转换。
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I think I could maybe afford a front door if I work really hard for the rest of my life.
我想如果我下半辈子努力工作的话，我可以买得起一个前门。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 怡人的的汉普斯特德
Only the very wealthy people in Aztec societies could afford to drink chocolate because cacao was so valuable.
VOA : special.2010.02.17
Chocolate remained a drink that only wealthy people could afford to drink until the eighteenth century.
VOA : special.2010.02.17
Despite what you may think, most companies are sympathetic to people who cannot afford repayments.
Some franchises in smaller markets are relatively weak and unable to afford high-priced players.
With NHS budgets under relentless pressure, these are increasingly being seen as rations the NHS cannot afford.