Afford

(verb.) be able to spare or give up; 'I can't afford to spend two hours with this person'.

(verb.) afford access to; 'the door opens to the patio'; 'The French doors give onto a terrace'.

(verb.) have the financial means to do something or buy something; 'We can't afford to send our children to college'; 'Can you afford this car?'.

休整理

• It is I who have been in fault: I ought to have seen that I could not afford to live in this way. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Here is a waste of land that might afford subsistence for so many of the human species. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• But with my three daughters, Emma, Jane, and Caroline--and my aged father--I cannot afford to be selfish. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• We were occupying ceased to afford comfortable quarters; and further orders not reaching us, we began to look about to remedy the hardship. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Those other parts of the produce of land, however, which afterwards afford rent, do not afford it always. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Rent, even where coals afford one, has generally a smaller share in their price than in that of most other parts of the rude produce of land. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is needless to say that I was quite unable to afford him the information he wanted. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The next day he threw such disguise over his person as a cloak afforded, and revisited Evadne. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Henry could not have afforded her such a house. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I wish we could have afforded some of the plate, Rawdon, the wife continued sentimentally. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It was found that the top of the levee afforded a good road to march upon. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A complete set was a very valuable gift, and could only be afforded by the rich. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Beneath a cluster of these which afforded perfect concealment from wandering air scouts, we lay down to sleep--for me the first time in many hours. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The archipelago, though not rich in insects, afforded several new genera, each island with its distinct kinds. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Barren timber for building is of great value in a populous and well-cultivated country, and the land which produces it affords a considerable rent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Human food seems to be the only produce of land, which always and necessarily affords some rent to the landlord. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• At the same time it affords a simple method of school instruction. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• If it affords at any time much less than this, other trades will soon draw so much capital from it as will again raise that profit. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is this impression, then, or determination, which affords me the idea of necessity. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• It affords me the greatest pleasure to record now my agreeable disappointment in respect to his character. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The first is that portion which is reserved for immediate consumption, and of which the characteristic is, that it affords no revenue or profit. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The Edison concentrating plant has been sketched in the briefest outline with a view of affording merely a bare idea of the great work of its projector. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It may be of some use to the public, by affording an easy proof of the prosperous condition of the country. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In affording you this interview, the young lady has taken a natural, perhaps, but still a very imprudent step. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I rose to take my leave, and to thank Mrs. Clements for the friendly readiness she had shown in affording me information. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Occupation alone, if I could deliver myself up to it, would be capable of affording an opiate to my sleepless sense of woe. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• These words appeared to be addressed to the young lady, and were perhaps uttered with the view of affording Nancy time to recover herself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Shall we then rest contented with these two relations of contiguity and succession, as affording a complete idea of causation? 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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