afforded

英 [əˈfɔːdɪd]

美 [əˈfɔːrdɪd]

v.  买得起; (有时间)做，能做; 承担得起(后果); 提供; 给予
afford的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 买得起；负担得起
  If youcannot affordsomething, you do not have enough money to pay for it.
  1. My parents can't even afford a new refrigerator...
     我父母甚至买不起一台新冰箱。
  2. The arts should be available to more people at prices they can afford...
     艺术品应该以人们能够承受的价格面向更多的人出售。
  3. We couldn't afford to buy a new rug.
     我们买不起新的小地毯。
• VERB 经得住；承受得起
  If you say that you cannotafford todo something or allow it to happen, you mean that you must not do it or must prevent it from happening because it would be harmful or embarrassing to you.
  1. We can't afford to wait...
     我们等不起。
  2. The country could not afford the luxury of an election.
     该国负担不起选举这样奢侈的事。
• VERB 提供；给予
  If someone or somethingaffordsyou an opportunity or protection, they give it to you.
  1. This affords us the opportunity to ask questions about how the systems might change...
     这给我们提供了就系统可能如何改变进行提问的机会。
  2. It was a cold room, but it afforded a fine view of the Old City.
     这房间虽然很冷，但是它能让人将古城的景致尽收眼底。
  3. ...the protection afforded by the police.
     警方提供的保护

双语例句

• I couldn't have afforded to spend fifty pounds on cement and bricks.
  我拿不出五十镑来买水泥和砖头。
• While this was an achievement, it only afforded some level of economic freedom to African Americans.
  尽管这确实是一个巨大的成就，但对非裔美国人来说，它所提供的只是一定程度的经济自由。
• I afforded you a certain respect.
  我对你表示了一定的尊重。
• Yet, very few people consider the protection afforded to them from their clothing.
  然而，几乎没有人考虑过衣服为她们的皮肤提供了多少保护。
• These activities afforded him great pleasure in his old age.
  这些活动给他的晚年带来了很大的乐趣。
• All the opportunities we afforded you.
  我们为你提供了一切可能的机会。
• His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age.
  他的孙子和孙女们在晚年的时候给了他最大的欢乐。
• He afforded a temporary shelter for the needy.
  他为穷人提供暂时的安身之处。
• I was disappointed to see the lack of coverage afforded to this event.
  令我失望的是这一事件并未得到什么报道。
• This trip has afforded great satisfaction to me.
  这次旅行使我很满意。