affording

英 [əˈfɔːdɪŋ]

美 [əˈfɔːrdɪŋ]

v.  买得起; (有时间)做，能做; 承担得起(后果); 提供; 给予
afford的现在分词

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

• A road, path, or highway affording passage from one place to another. the act of running away with a lover ( usually to get married).
  道路为从一地到另一地提供通道的马路、小道或高速公路与情人一道逃离的行为（通常是为了结婚）。
• The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
  容易亲近善于交际的性质。
• Most of all, though, I would like to thank my family. To my beautiful wife Louise, for her continued love and support through the many ups and downs in my career and for affording me the most precious gift of all, our children.
  最主要的，我要感谢我的家庭，我美丽的妻子路易斯在我职业生涯的数次起伏中给予我爱和支持，带给我世间最宝贵的礼物，我们的孩子。
• He has insurance, but his family is so strapped that they have difficulty affording gas to drive to the hospital.
  虽然他上有医疗保险，但是他的家人已经捉襟见肘，以至于连开车到医院的汽油费用都险些拿不出来了。
• 62. The representative of China further confirmed that price controls would not be used for purposes of affording protection to domestic industries or services providers.
  62.中国代表近一步确认，价格控制将不被用于向国内产业或服务提供者提供保护的目的。
• Affording change ( especially in social status).
  产生变化（特别是社会地位的变化）。
• Lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance.
  缺乏安全感或者不安、不放心。
• We have no expensive retail outlets affording us and you unbeatable savings.
  我们没有给我们提供昂贵的零售店铺，你无与伦比的储蓄。
• Affording free passage or access.
  提供自由通道或入门的。
• A place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet.
  一个独处而不受干扰的地方；一个宁静而舒适的地方。