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

• We wish to assure you that we appreciate an opportunity afforded us for service.
  请相信，我们将非常感谢您能为我们提供服务机会。
• You were afforded a full and fair trial by a jury of your peers.
  你仍在你的同胞组成的陪审团面前接受了完全和公正的审判。
• And such representative or person shall be afforded all reasonable facilities to enable him to render such assistance.
  而该代表或订明人员须获提供一切合理设施，使他能够提供此等协助。
• 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。
• I only wish I could have afforded an even bigger one.
  我只希望我能买得起个更大的。
• 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。
• Yet, very few people consider the protection afforded to them from their clothing.
  然而，几乎没有人考虑过衣服为她们的皮肤提供了多少保护。
• 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。
• This trip has afforded great satisfaction to me.
  这次旅行使我很满意。
• There were so many gifts that this book and the work with her has afforded me.
  有这么多的礼物，这本书，并与她的工作也给予了我。