| 词组 | afford |
| 释义 | afford If you can afford something, you have enough money to buy it. ...families who can afford cars. Do you think one day we'll be able to afford a new sofa? Afford is almost always used with 'can', 'could', or 'be able'. You do not say that someone 'affords' something. The amount of money that someone can afford is the amount they are able to spend on something. It's more than I can afford. They paid a thousand usually, sometimes more if they could afford it. You say that someone can afford to have something or can afford to do something. ...a situation where everybody can afford to have a car. I can't afford to rent this flat. Work out how much you can afford to pay each of them. You do not say that someone 'can afford having' something or 'can afford doing' something. ◊ WARNING You do not use a passive form of afford. You do not say that something 'can be afforded'. Instead you say that people can afford it. Nobody buys second-hand binoculars any more. People can afford new ones now. |
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