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verb afford something Can we afford a new car? 我们买得起一辆新车吗？ 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。 She felt she couldn't afford any more time off work. 她觉得再也抽不出时间歇班了。 I’d give up work if I could afford it. afford to do something We can't afford to go abroad this summer. 今年夏天我们没有足够的钱去国外。 She never took a taxi, even though she could afford to. 尽管她坐得起出租汽车，但她从来不坐。 afford something to do something He couldn't afford the money to go on the trip. 这次旅行他钱不够。 afford to do something We cannot afford to ignore this warning. 我们对这个警告绝不能等闲视之。 (formal) They could ill afford to lose any more staff. 他们再也不能损失员工了。 afford something We cannot afford any more delays. 我们不能再有任何耽搁了。 afford something The tree affords some shelter from the sun. 这棵树可以挡一挡太阳。 The legislation aims to afford protection to employees. afford somebody something 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。 I couldn’t possibly afford to eat in that restaurant. She can well afford to pay for herself. We can afford to go to Miami this year. an amount which we could ill afford to pay |