| 词汇 | can-afford |
| 释义 | can affordphrase B1 to be able to buy or do something because you have enough money or time: 买得起;有时间做，能做 I don't know how he can afford a new car on his salary.我不知道他靠工资怎么能买得起新车。 Few people are able to afford cars like that.很少有人买得起那样的车。 She couldn't afford the time off work to see him.她工作太忙，抽不出空去看他。 [ + to infinitive ]I can't afford to buy a house.我买不起房子。 I'd have been happy to work there without pay if I could have afforded it. See also afford(HAVE ENOUGH) to be expensive cost a (small) fortuneThis trip cost a fortune. cost an arm and a legDrinks at that club cost an arm and a leg. be daylight robberyWhat they're charging to get in is daylight robbery. be highway robbery$50 for two drinks? That's highway robbery! be a rip-off£200 for a concert ticket is a total rip-off. be prohibitively expensiveThe cost of textbooks alone makes schooling prohibitively expensive for many. We couldn't afford to pay the lawyer's fee. We can't afford another trip abroad this year.今年我们没钱再次去国外旅行。 How can he afford to buy such expensive watches? Don't be so ridiculous! I can't possibly afford to go on holiday. Building a dam would be a use of financial resources which this country cannot afford. |
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