详细释义
- 足以承担
- 花费得起,付得起,用得起,负担得起
- 经受得住,经得起
- 供给,给予,提供
- 产,生产,出产
- 有能力,实现
- 有足够的…(去做…)
- 抽得出时间
- 能堪,够得上(做)
- vt. 买得起,花得起,经得起 be able to buy or pay for, be rich enough to buy, have enough to spare
- vt. 提供,供给 provide; give
英英释义
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be able to spare or give up;
"I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"
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be the cause or source of;
"He gave me a lot of trouble"
"Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
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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?"
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afford access to;
"the door opens to the patio"
"The French doors give onto a terrace"
双语例句
- 1. They could not afford to spoil those maps by careless colouring.
- 若是上色的时候不小心弄坏了那些地图,他们可承担不起。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They pay full rates. Mind you, they can afford it.
- 他们付全价,请注意,他们是付得起的。
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- 3. It would be nice to be able to afford to retire earlier.
- 无后顾之忧而能提早退休当是件幸事。
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- 4. I really can't afford to see this company go belly up.
- 我绝对不能眼睁睁地看着这家公司垮掉。
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- 5. He could not afford luxury food on his pay.
- 靠自己的工资他买不起奢侈的食品。
来自柯林斯例句
- Only the well-to-do can afford these houses.
只有富人能买得起这些房子。 - I can't afford a holiday this summer.
今年夏天我无法度假。 - We can afford to overlook minor offences.
我们可以不计较小过。 - We can't afford to pay such a price.
我们付不起这个价钱。 - They could ill afford to lose any more staff.
他们再也不能损失员工了。 - We cannot afford to ignore this warning.
我们对这个警告绝不能等闲视之。 - These trees afford a pleasant shade.
这些树提供了荫凉。
- I cannot afford these goods.
我买不起这些货。 - She cannot afford a new dress.
她没钱买新衣裳。 - The parents could hardly afford a private teacher for their child.
父母很难给孩子请得起一位家庭教师。 - I cannot afford the trip to New York, because the travelling expenses would amount to at least $3000 if I went.
到纽约旅行我去不起,因为我如果去的话,这趟旅费至少也得要三千美元。 - I'm so poor that I can't afford it.
我太穷了,买不起它。 - Can you afford £1500 for a house?
你拿得出1500英镑买一幢房子吗? - We can afford the TV set if we save our money.
如果我们能积攒下钱就可买下那台电视。 - She can well afford a new car.
她完全买得起一辆新车。 - At last we were able to afford a piano.
我们终于能买得起一架钢琴了。 - I can't afford the time for the film this evening.
我今天晚上抽不出时间看电影。 - I can't afford the time for it.
这时间我可能花不起。 - I can't afford the time and money for a long journey.
我没有时间和金钱作长途旅行。 - We can't afford a holiday this summer.
今年夏天我们抽不出时间度假。 - They couldn't afford any more setbacks.
他们再也经不起挫折了。 - This stretch of land affords cotton.
这片地出产棉花。 - Reading affords pleasure.
读书给人以快乐。 - I can't afford to buy this flat.
我买不起这套公寓。 - I can't afford to buy such an expensive watch.
这样名贵的表我可买不起。 - I think you can afford to buy a refrigerator.
我想你是买得起电冰箱的。 - The boy cannot afford to pay his school fees.
那男孩付不起学费。 - We can't afford to pay such a price.
我们付不起这么高的价钱。 - She can't afford to pay for such expensive books.
那么贵的书她买不起。 - Can you afford to lend me some money?
你能借给我一些钱吗? - We can hardly afford to wait for another hour.
我们几乎不能再等一个小时了。 - Having finished the task, he could afford to relax a bit.
任务完成以后,他可以休息一下。 - He can't afford to offend his boss.
他可得罪不起老板。 - I can't afford to meet your demand.
我不能满足你的要求。 - The family could not afford to send her to college.
家里无力送她上大学。 - She can't afford to miss another day at school.
她再也不能缺一天课。 - He could hardly afford to support his family, could he?
他几乎不能养活他的一家,是吗? - I cannot afford to have you idle.
我不能让你闲着什么也不做。 - I can't afford to be out of work long.
长期失业,我吃不消。 - We can ill afford to lose this contract.
我们承受不起失去这份合约所带来的损失。 - He couldn't afford to lose any more.
他再也输不起了。 - Tomorrow's meeting will afford us the opportunity of discussing some important questions.
明天的会议将给我们提供讨论重要问题的机会。 - Do the laws of his country afford him a remedy?
他那个国家的法律是否能让他得到赔偿? - The conference will afford you an opportunity to meet many foreign scholars.
这次会议将给你提供结识许多外国学者的机会。 - His son's success afforded him great pleasure.
他儿子的成功使他非常高兴。 - Reading this story will afford you much pleasure.
读这个故事会使你得到很大乐趣。 - It will afford us great pleasure to have a business talk with you.
和你共谈业务将给我们带来无限喜悦。
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- You will be afforded an opportunity.
你将会有一次机会。 - This trip has afforded great satisfaction to me.
这次旅行使我很满意。
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- Valuable facilities would be afforded to them.
将给他们提供各种重要的设施。
用法讲解
- afford的基本含义是“充足”,指“有足够的钱买某物”“有足够的财力或时间做某事”,也可以表示“经受得起”; 引申可表示“提供”“给予”。
- afford表示“有足够的钱买某物”时, afford可以接物作宾语,也可以接“to buy sth ”作宾语,前者可看作是省略to buy的句型,前者较后者更常用些。
- afford表示“有足够的财力或时间做某事”。afford的宾语可以是time(一般不省略),也可以是expense,还可以是time and money,但一般不单独用money。
- afford还可作“经受得起”解,可用于财政状况,健康状况或者形象、声誉等,其宾语一般为动词不定式或表示动作的名词,不接反身代词作宾语。
- afford作“提供”“给予”解时,属正式文体,指自然产生或法律上的后果,多接双宾语,其后的直接宾语多为抽象名词。其主语可以是人,也可以是物或事物,其间接宾语可转化为介词to的宾语。
- afford多用于疑问句或否定句,常与can, could, be able to等连用。用于否定句时,意思是“经不起(发生某事或做某事)”,含尽力“避免发生”或“避免做”的意味。
- afford不用于进行体和完成体,作“买得起,花得起,经得起”解时不用于被动结构。
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afford指“给予”时,可接双宾语。
It affords me great satisfaction to be able to help him.
能帮助他给了我很大的满足感。 -
can afford to ...指“负担得起”,“做得到”,“忍得住”。
He can afford to keep a motorcar.
他负担得起备有一辆汽车。She can hardly afford to wait for another hour.
她几乎做不到再多等一小时了。I did not think I could afford to lose my post.
我想我不能忍受得了失去这个职位。
- afford, give, provide, supply
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- 这四个词都有“给”“供给”“提供”的意思。其区别是:
- 1.afford指为一定的目的而“给”“提供”所需要的东西; give指无需偿还地把金钱、物品、时间、麻烦等有形或无形的东西“送给”“授予”“供给”某人; provide主要指为某人、某物或某事“提供”“供应”某物品,尤指生活必需品; supply指用物“供给”“供应”或“提供”给国家、群众、工厂、城市、市场等,以部队为对象时,往往只供给生活必需品,而不指武器。例如:
- Some trees afford resin. 有些树产树脂。
- I should like to give him a chance.我想给他一个机会。
- Now we supply power to nine-tenths of the city's homes.现在我们向这个城市十分之九的家庭提供电力。
- 2.afford后面可跟不定式或动名词,还常用在can, could, be able to后面表示“担负得起”某事物的费用、损失、后果等,以及“抽得出”时间、人力,其后可接双宾语,意思是“向某人提供某物”; provide后面可接for, with和against等介词; supply后可接介词to。例如:
- Our garden affords us fresh vegetables.我们的园子为我们提供新鲜蔬菜。
- More and more vegetables and fruit are supplied to the army.越来越多的蔬菜和水果供应部队。
- The programme aims to provide self-sufficiency for local needs.这项计划旨在使当地需要得以自足。
- afford, give
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- afford和give都有“提供”的意思,很多情况下可以互换,但当主语是人时须用give,特别在口语中。例如:
- I should like to give him a chance.
- 我想给他一个机会。
- It afforded me an opportunity.
- 这给了我一个机会。
- afford, buy
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- afford和buy都有“买”的意思,但afford侧重“有无经济能力买”,而buy则侧重“购买的行为”,表示“我买不起”可以说I can't afford,但不可说I can't buy.因为后者的意思是“即使有钱也不准买”。另外, buy常可用在afford后作宾语。
常见错误
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汽车之贵,非富户不敢问津。
误 Motor-cars are so expensive that can be afforded only by the very rich.
正 Motor-cars are so expensive that only the very rich can afford to buy them.
析 afford作“买得起”“花得起”“经得起”解时,不用于被动结构。
我父亲拿不出钱借给我。误 My father couldn't afford himself to lend me any money.
正 My father couldn't afford to lend me any money.
析 afford不可接反身代词作宾语。
他抽不出时间去度假。误 He couldn't afford going away on a holiday.
正 He couldn't afford to go away on a holiday.
析 afford后不可接动名词。
词源解说
- ☆ 直接源自古英语的geforian,意为前进,继续。
- afford a fine view 呈现出好风景
- afford a pleasant shade 提供阴凉地方
- afford clothing 买得起衣服
- afford much information 提供许多信息
- afford rice 产米
- afford the time 能抽出时间
- afford sb a good profit 使某人得到厚利
- afford sb a shelter from the rain 使某人有避雨的地方
- afford sb great pleasure 使某人感到很快乐
- afford sb great satisfaction 使某人感到很满意
- hardly afford 几乎买不起
- ill afford 承担不起
- never afford 从未负担得起
- only afford 仅买得起
- afford scarcely 几乎买不起
- afford well 完全负担得起
- afford abundantly 完全负担得起
- afford financially 经济上负担得起
- afford undoubtedly 毫无疑问买得起