| 单词 | afford |
| 释义 | affordaffordsaffordedaffordingaffordafford /əˈfɔːd $ -ɔːrd/ verb [transitive]1can/could afford a)to have enough money to pay for something: I wish we could afford a new computer.can但愿我们有钱买一台新的电脑。afford to do somethingI can’t afford to buy a new car.我买不起新车。 b)if you can afford to do something, you can do it, because it will not cause any problems for youafford to do somethingWe can’t afford to offend our regular customers.customer我们可得罪不起我们的老主顾。2formal to provide something: The walls afforded some protection from the wind.wallafford这些墙壁可以挡一挡风。—affordableaffordable adjective: affordable housinghouse负担得起的住房THESAURUS: affordexpensive something that is expensive costs a lot of money: an expensive presentLand is very expensive.behigh high prices, rents, taxes, or fees cost a lot of money. Do not use expensive with these words: People are worried about the high price of fuel.beworryThe rent is too high.rendbeLawyers charge high fees.lawyerfeepricey informal expensive: £550 for a plane ticket does sound rather pricey.dodear British English spoken expensive compared to the usual price: £8 for a salad sounds rather dear.soundThe fruit in the supermarket is much dearer than in our local shop.bedearfancy informal something that is fancy looks expensive: We stayed in a fancy hotel.stayfancy clothesclotheoverpriced things that are overpriced cost more than they should: overpriced restaurantsrestaurantThe food was overpriced.beastronomical astronomical prices, costs, rents, or fees cost a very large amount of money, especially too much money: Some people paid astronomical prices for tickets to the game.paypriceticketthe astronomical cost of oilcost a fortune informal to be very expensive: The meal cost a fortune!sb can’t afford sth someone does not have enough money to buy or do something: A lot of young people can’t afford to buy a house. |
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