afford
简单释义：
v. 提供；给予；买得起；（有时间）做
网络 负担得起；担负得起；付得起
变形：
过去分词：afforded 现在分词：affording 第三人称单数：affords
完整释义：
v.
1.买得起;用得起;付得起,花得起钱;能雇;有能力
2.(财力、时间等)足以承担(损失、后果等),花费得起,经受得住
3.给,给予;提供
4.给与,供给;产,生产,出产
5.添置,购买
6.〔化〕制得
7.带来;有了;实现;成为
8.敢,敢于
9.无所顾忌
10.愿
例句：
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Because buying a new car would be very expensive and I wouldn't be able to afford the insurance.
因为买新车太贵了，也付不起保险费。 -
An adult thinks "I can't afford to pay cash for it, but I am managing my finances in such a way that I will one day be able to. "
一个成年人想的是：“我用现金买不起它，但以我现在的理财方式，有天我会买得起的。” -
He plans to sell most of his collection over the next five years so he can afford to retire in Thailand with his wife.
他计划未来5年出售自己的多数收藏，以便能够负担与妻子在泰国安享晚年的费用。 -
Readers, would you steer your kids away from an elite school in favor of a state school, even if you could afford the former?
读者朋友，你愿意让孩子放弃名校目标而上州立大学吗，即使前者昂贵的学费对你来说不是问题？ -
While Downey's mother could afford the cost of these packages, it was a financial hardship for Fecteau's parents.
虽然唐尼的母亲能负担得起寄给他的包裹费用，但是对费克图的父母来说，这构成了经济上的困难。 -
How much more greenhouse gas emissions can the world afford to bear, then, if developing countries keep consuming as much energy.
假如世界各国持续像今日中国那样消耗巨大能源的话，我们的地球到底能够承受多少温室气体的排放。 -
Sheldon: Well, first, we don't have house guests. Frankly, if I could afford the rent, I'd ask you to leave.
首先，我们不留宿客人。说句实话，如果我付得起房租，会连你一起赶走的。 -
There was a period when it almost looked as if the Tories could no longer afford to.
曾几何时保守党看起来似乎已经玩不起了。
