Translations for „afford“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

afford [əˈfɔːd] VB trans

1. afford [常接在can, be able to后]:

afford

负担得起(时费用费损失等失等) fùdān de qǐ

Can you afford (to buy) a new house?

你买得起新房子吗？

2. afford:

afford

提供 tígōng

afford

给予 jǐyǔ

Music affords her pleasure.

音乐带给她快乐。

▶ affordable ADJ

Usage examples with afford

afford a clue for

为…提供线索 wèi…tígōng xiànsuǒ

afford [or give, produce] evidence

提出证据 tíchū zhèngjù

I can ill afford the house.

我简直买不起这房子。

Can you afford (to buy) a new house?

你买得起新房子吗？

He couldn't afford the house, but then he never really wanted it.

他没钱买那房子，不过他也从未真正想要那房子。

I can't afford a better car so you will have to lump it.

我买不起更好的汽车，所以你只好将就一下。

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For decades now, apparel makers who can't afford to gamble on cut-rate fasteners have overwhelmingly turned to a single manufacturer.

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We can't afford to stigmatise it when it could affect us all.

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However, he is very busy and can not afford to waste time on an uncooperative source.

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The family were so poor, sometimes they couldn't even afford cornflakes for breakfast.

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Producers could not afford to indulge the vision of either a director or a writer beyond a certain point.

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Families that can not afford other means to take care of the daily ins and outs of running a household rely on women to complete everyday chores and care.

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The people had to travel by buggies or wagon until one could afford a car.

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A lean-to cover was added to the building in the late 1970s to afford spectators some shelter from the elements.

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This, among the other benefit, granted the fulfillment of social exigences in transportation, that a strictly profit-oriented policy could not afford.

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Some teachers could not even afford a plane ticket home.

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