the e-z rent-a-car agent said the replacement would cost $200. i knew the magazine i was on assignment for could never afford such a fee, meaning i would barely break even3) on the story.
e-z汽车租赁公司的代理人说换个备胎要两百美元,我知道给我安排活儿的那家杂志社是无论如何不会为我出这笔费用的,这样的话,写完稿子我只怕连自己不赔不赚都不能保证了。
you must never confuse faith that you would prevail in the end which you can never afford to lose with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality whatever they might be.
你不能把坚信自己最终会在输不起的情形下取得胜利的信念同直面现有残酷现实的行为相混淆,无论是何种残酷现实。
manufacturers could never afford to do this because they would end up as artisans and their scale economies would be lost.
但制造商可能永远无法承受这一点,因为这样一来,它们最终会沦为手工艺者,而它们的规模经济也将消失殆尽。
vida may not have any obvious weaknesses, but pallister stresses players at old trafford can never afford to become complacent – the battle for starting berths is as fierce as it has ever been.
维达没什么明显的弱点,但帕里斯特认为在ot任何人也不能自满——竞争先发位置充满艰辛,一直如此。
we always know we can never afford to be far away from winning the title.
我们一直都知道我们永远都不能承受无法夺取冠军的失望。
but the sobering lesson of smoot-hawley is that free traders can never afford to relax about the threat from protectionists—even when looking down on them from 36,000 feet.
如果面对贸易保护主义者的威胁采取高枕无忧的态度,所造成的后果会是自由贸易主义者永远无法承受的。
i bought this dress second hand because i could never afford anything of this quality new.
我买了这套旧衣服,因为我根本买不起这种质地的新衣服。
marriage means you can afford the things you could never afford on your own; it means a better home, a better car, a better vacation, and cooler stuff.
结婚能让你拥有单身所未能拥有的东西,更舒适的家,更好的汽车,更潇洒的假期,一切都更酷起来。
you'll never afford it! live in the now!
你买不起的!活在现实里吧!
they could never afford tickets, so they watched the games on television in the family room in what mrs. mayo describes as their giants shrine.
但却付不起门票,所以只有呆在家里看电视转播,梅奥太太描述这那时候家里简直成了巨人队的圣殿。
but she could never afford to buy nice clothes or toys for her son.
但她从不买不起好看的衣服为她的儿子或玩具。
i knew the magazine i was on assignment for could never afford such a fee, meaning i would barely break even on the story--yet again.
我知道派我出任务的杂志社是不会出这部分费用的,也就是说这趟活我是不赔不赚,历史再次重演。
as christians, we must be vigilant that nothing breaches our spiritual defenses. even the most mature believer can never afford to let down his guard.
身为一名基督徒,我们必须警醒,不让我们属灵城墻的防卫有缺口,即使是最成熟的信徒也无法承受疏忽的后果。
warsaw was a small place after all, and could never afford frederic the opportunity of becoming acquainted with celebrated artists or of hearing the best performances.
毕竟华沙只是个小地方,在这里,他永远不会有机会结识着名的艺术家,也不会有机会聆听一流的演奏。