英语释义

• 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?"

• afford access to;

  "the door opens to the patio"

  "The French doors give onto a terrace"

• be the cause or source of;

  "He gave me a lot of trouble"

  "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

片语

afford sports正在翻译

afford financially经济上负担得起

afford trust给予信赖

afford amusement提供乐趣

afford accommodation提供膳宿

can afford买得起；有能力负担

never afford从未负担得起

afford time能抽出时间

afford injuries负担受伤

afford d负担得起

英汉例句

• but they also remind us that the only way we can afford these investments is by getting our fiscal house in order.

  但它们也提醒我们，我们唯一可以承受的起这些投资的方式就是理顺我们的国库。

• yes, exercising self control can be both difficult and boring, but it actually has many not-so-boring rewards, from staying out of the hospital to being able to afford your own home.

  是的，锻炼自控能力会是既困难又乏味的，但是实际上它可以带给你很多不那么乏味的、从避免上医院到有能力负担自己的房子之类的奖励。

• one school thinks that, even in cases of negative equity, most homeowners will not default if they can afford the payments—not least because defaulting will wreck their credit records.

  一派认为，即使在负权益的情况下，如果他们可以负担还款，大部分房主将不会违约，至少不会因为违约破坏他们的信用记录。

• we consider how well our kids will do in life, how we will obtain that sought-after job, afford that house on the hill and find perfect love.

  我们考虑子女们以后会生活地多么好，我们会得到那份抢手的工作，可以负担山上的那所房子，可以找到完美的爱情。

• although they do afford some incremental benefits, such as enhanced project communication, they are not capable of providing a quantum leap in productivity, quality, or time to market.

  虽然它们提供了一些增加的好处，例如增强的项目交流，但是它们不能提供生产力、质量，或投放市场时间方面的巨大突破。

• women are one half of the population and no country can afford to leave them behind.

  妇女占人口的一半，没有任何国家能承受把她们抛在后面的恶果。

• even if you come across somebody who can easily afford the trappings of wealth, the trappings themselves are not a sign of wealth, but of wealth that has been spent.

  即便有那么一些富人确实能轻而易举地负担这些奢侈品，这些东西本身也不是富有的标志，只能表明他们花出去了多少钱。

• check out if you can afford phrasing, designing and printing flyers so that visitors can take something with them. (check out the material for booths).

  如果你能负担得起介绍，设计和印刷传单的费用，可以把这些材料散发给游客。

• but can a hotel really afford to have over 40% of their potential customers not book just because they couldn’t figure out how to book a room from you.

  但是，有超过40%的潜在客户放弃预订仅仅是因为他们不懂得应该如何订一间客房，酒店真的能承受这样的损失吗？

• only those with deep pockets, however, could afford the $25,000 cost of each device.

  不过，只有那些家财万贯的人才能买得起每台价值25,000美元的计算机。

• the best way to treat yourself to something nice is to save up for it and buy it when you can truly afford it.

  以某种好东西来款待自己最好的方式，就是为这件东西攒钱，到当你真正买得起的时候买下它。

• none of this is likely to be on hand if you cannot even afford to mend the dismally few highways you have, or have no insurance policy against sickness or starva- tion beyond a pig in the back shed.

  如果你甚至不能承担仅有的几条高速公路的维修，或者不能为后院蓄养的一头猪购买保险以对抗疾病或者饑饿，那么所有以上这些你都不可能抓在手上。

• they afford an opportunity to gain an understanding of people.

  他们提供这个机会以取得人们的了解。

• in the second, they stretch their finances so they can only afford the interest.

  第二阶段，他们扩展其金融规模，以致只能负担利息支出。

• but what if you can’t afford to drive?

  但是要是你无法负担自驾游的费用呢？

• but most of our clients can always afford [to buy art].

  但我们的大多数客户总是能买得起（艺术品）。

• but they went all out to afford the higher education for him.

  但他们竭尽全力为儿子提供高等教育。

• all of the extra training did afford me plenty of time to myself for reflection and contemplation.

  这些额外的训练为我提供了大量的时间来对自己进行反思及冥想。

• by raising the cost of construction projects, our nation can afford fewer of those projects.

  通过提高建筑业方案的成本，我们国家可以负担得起较少的那些工程。

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means意思是；打算（mean的第三人称单数） [ 复数means ]

have有；让；拿；从事；允许

supply供给，提供；补充

offer提供；出价；试图

furnish提供；供应；装备

yield产量；利润，红利率

supply供给，提供；补充

furnish提供；供应；装备