af·ford

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【词性】：vt．

【释义】：

❶ (常与can or be able to连用)买(花、经受)得起：In the old society，the working people couldn’t afford to send their children to school．在旧社会劳动人民没钱送子女上学．Our commune can afford tractors．我们公社买得起拖拉机．We can’t afford to waste a single minute．我们一分钟也浪费不得．I can’t afford time for the cinema today．我今天没时间看电影．❷ 供给，给予，生产：This plot affords cotton．这块地生产棉花．