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

• 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。
• I only wish I could have afforded an even bigger one.
  我只希望我能买得起个更大的。
• All the opportunities we afforded you.
  我们为你提供了一切可能的机会。
• 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。
• To harness the opportunities afforded by digital and multimedia technologies, we will work on three major fronts.
  为把握数码和多媒体技术所带来的机遇，我们会在三个主要范畴手工作。
• These include add-on devices for protection in addition to that afforded by conventional circuit-breaker and fuse systems.
  这些防护装置包括附加的保护器件，以增强由常规的电路断路器和保险丝系统所提供的保护。
• He was afforded a certificate upon completion of his course of study.
  他结业时被授予证书。
• Extends UML in order to provide additional capabilities for managing cohesion and coupling afforded by an SOA style.
  扩展了UML，以提供附加的能力来对SOA风格所给予的内聚与耦合进行管理。
• It afforded an occasion for their leaving Mansfield and an excuse for residence in London.
  它为他们离开曼斯菲尔德提供了理由以及迁往伦敦的借口。
• 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。