​afford to do sth 用法讲解

afford to do sth 用法讲解

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Afford vt. 给予，提供；买得起 n. (Afford)人名；(英)阿福德

afford是动词,意为“买得起,担负得起”.afford后面常跟带to的动词不定式.

afford通常与can,could,be able to连用,尤用于否定句或疑问句中.（常见）

afford sth.to sb.=afford sb.sth.某人负担的起；某人买得起

例如：

1. They couldn’t afford $50 for a ticket.

他们拿不出50美元买一张票.

2. Can we afford a new car?

我们能买得起一辆新车吗?

3. We can’t afford to go abroad this summer.

今年夏天我们没有足够的钱出国.

4.They did not consider whether they could afford the time or not.

他们没有考虑是否抽得出时间。

5.We can't afford to pay such a price.

我们付不起这个价钱。

6.Dancing affords us pleasure.

跳舞给我们带来快乐。

7、In such circumstances we can't afford to wait any longer.

情况不容许我们再等待了。

8、We can't afford to give you around-the-clock protection.

我们没有能力对你提供24小时的保护。

9、It's possible he won't play but I can ill afford to lose him

有可能他不会上场，但是我几乎承受不起失去他的损失。

10、I just cannot afford to keep myself

我难以维持生计。