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单词 afford
释义
afford
verb
uk
/əˈfɔːd/us
/əˈfɔːrd/

affordverb(HAVE ENOUGH)

can afford
B1
to beabletobuyor do something because you have enoughmoneyortime:
买得起；有时间做，能做
I don'tknowhow he can afford a newcaron hissalary.我不知道他靠工资怎么能买得起新车。
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affordverb(GIVE)

[T]formal
toallowsomeone to have somethingpleasantornecessary:
提供；给予
Thehutafforded littleprotectionfrom theelements.这间棚屋几乎不能遮风挡雨。
[+ two objects]Herseatafforded her anuninterruptedviewof thestage.她的座位很好，可以一览无余地看到整个舞台。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to give something to someone
  • giveGive me that dirty plate.
  • offerYour doctor should be able to offer advice.
  • provideThis booklet provides useful information about local services.
  • supplyThe lake supplies the whole town with water.
  • donateFour hundred dollars has been donated to the school book fund.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Giving, providing and supplying
  • accommodate
  • accord
  • administer
  • administration
  • assignment
  • award
  • hand off
  • handsomethingin
  • handsomethingout
  • handsomethingover
  • handsomethinground
  • invest
  • lay
  • passing
  • reassignment
  • rebid
  • regift
  • reprovision
  • resource
  • spare
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Idiom

cannot afford
(Definition ofaffordfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

afford| American Dictionary

afford
verb[I/T]
us
/əˈfɔrd,əˈfoʊrd/
to have enoughmoneyortimetobuy,keep, or do something:
[T]I don’tknowhow he can afford a newcar.
[I]Can you afford to take anytimeoffwork?
(Definition ofaffordfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

afford| Business English

afford
verb[T]
uk
/əˈfɔːd/us
can afford
to beabletobuyor do something because you have enoughmoney:
He is over 60 and can't afford hispensioncontributions.
can afford to do sthDebt is notnecessarilyabadthing if theconsumercan afford topayit back.
to beableto do something without itcausingproblems:
can afford to do sthWe can afford towait.
I can't afford topayattentionto anycontroversy.
(Definition ofaffordfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofafford

afford
Cost utility analysis permits the cost of treatment to be considered according to the amount of benefit afforded to the patients.
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Using only the most rigorous design, on the other hand, ignores the probative importance of replication and corroboration that multiple studiesafford.
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The third goal is related to the second: analysis/synthesis shouldaffordmusically interesting transformations and control.
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There really seems little point in affording these peripheral figures a platform.
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For workers as "cell proprietors" were to be afforded crucial domains of discretion, albeit ones traversed by tensions and potential conflicts.
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Many of these women probably were economically independent and couldaffordto have homes of their own.
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The idea that we can arbitrarily fix the value of goods so that people canaffordthem is economically unfeasible.
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It is now understood that it is not arbitrary but collectively regulated toaffordthe colony elevated group flexibility.
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The local rural economies to which men returned afforded few cashcropping or other productive opportunities.
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This is partly because nursing homes tend to be larger, and consequentlyaffordgreater economies of scale in provision.
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It can no longeraffordto ignore its own epistemological foundations.
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Information on this vaccine is given to all families attending the clinic, but is limited to those who canaffordto purchase the vaccine.
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A ' new category of assisted ' was emerging, the pensioners on fixed incomes and smallholders who could no longerafforda doctor's visit.
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The communities canaffordto take the moderate hostilities of others because their selfesteem has not been badly damaged.
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And, now we can allafforda beautifully produced composite copy at a remarkably affordable price.
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