afford
US:/əˈfɔrd/
UK:/əˈfɔː(r)d/
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
Word forms: (第三人称单数) affords (现在分词) affording (过去式) afforded
Examples
1.
He said he couldn't afford such an expensive birthday present for his brother.
他说他负担不起帮他兄弟买那么贵的生日礼物（过去时）。
2.
Most of us have no idea how much car we can afford except by looking at how much it would cost us each month.
而我们中的大多数人并不知道自己能否负担起某辆车，直到我们看见最后算出来每个月应当支付的还贷金额。
3.
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford.
如果一个人厌倦了伦敦，他一定厌倦了生活，因为在伦敦有人生能赋予的一切。
4.
If I could afford a pair of $475 shoes, I thought, I would be sitting in first class.
要是我买得起475美元的鞋子，我想，我肯定会坐在头等舱的。
5.
Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.
有人认为我们的政治制度是如此的微不足道，因为在和平年代，我们所争论的话题都是无关紧要的。
6.
I don't think you can afford to say it's all sequential, build out a store network and then do the internet, " he said. "
我认为，你不能说这完全是有续的，先建设门店网络，随后进行网络销售。
7.
Then add it all up to see if you can afford the total.
这一切再加起来看看你可以负担的比例。
8.
Kurt wanted to buy a home for his wife and two children -- and he wanted to do it through a mortgage he could afford.
科特打算以自己可以承受价格贷款给妻子和两个孩子买套房子。
9.
She was, she says, lucky to be able to afford to leave.
她说，她很幸运可以这样义无反顾地离开。
10.
You are going to have to be more tight with your money. You can't afford to keep spending like this.
你得注意紧着点儿花钱了。这样挥霍下去你吃不消的。