afforded
past simple and past participle ofafford
| 单词 | afforded |
| 释义 | afforded past simple and past participle ofafford afford verb uk/əˈfɔːd/us/əˈfɔːrd/affordverb(HAVE ENOUGH)can afford B1 to beabletobuyor do something because you have enoughmoneyortime: I don'tknowhow he can afford a newcaron hissalary. affordverb(GIVE)[T]formal toallowsomeone to have somethingpleasantornecessary: Thehutafforded littleprotectionfrom theelements. [+ two objects]Herseatafforded her anuninterruptedviewof thestage. to give something to someone
Giving, providing and supplying
Idiomcannot afford Examplesofaffordedafforded In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This, combined with the fact that the plants are relatively small andaffordedfew places to hide, resulted in high detection probabilities. From theCambridge English Corpus For workers as "cell proprietors" were to beaffordedcrucial domains of discretion, albeit ones traversed by tensions and potential conflicts. From theCambridge English Corpus The local rural economies to which men returnedaffordedfew cashcropping or other productive opportunities. From theCambridge English Corpus The study probed whether information about blame-relevant attributions added to the prediction of symptomatology above the predictionaffordedby information on maltreatment severity alone. From theCambridge English Corpus Practising architects are rarely if everaffordedsuch an open-ended position. From theCambridge English Corpus He asserts that it is therefore more beneficial to focus upon what a welfare state does, rather than how much money it isafforded. From theCambridge English Corpus With no accompanying instruments, the choir was thrust centre-stage and relished every opportunityaffordedthem to show off their impeccable intonation and ensemble. From theCambridge English Corpus If privacy isafforded, people are able to exercise choice over what they do without encroaching on other residents. From theCambridge English Corpus The pupils relished the independenceaffordedby access to twelve computer workstations, and worked very hard. From theCambridge English Corpus This enrichment of the phrase-structural inventory may haveaffordedanalytic success but it also raised questions as to its explanatory adequacy. From theCambridge English Corpus The workers stayed in the vicinity of their factories which may haveaffordedthem some protection against police reprisals. From theCambridge English Corpus In approaching these questions, indirect assistance may beaffordedby consideration of other forms of personal behaviour with a moral component. From theCambridge English Corpus We await details of what support will beaffordedto workforce development under any new infrastructure. From theCambridge English Corpus We didn't use them every night, but we did break them more often than we could actually haveaffordedin real life. From theCambridge English Corpus It requires, at a minimum, that competent patients receive information and areaffordedthe opportunity for choice regarding healthcare offered to them. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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