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

• I afforded you a certain respect.
  我对你表示了一定的尊重。
• This trip has afforded great satisfaction to me.
  这次旅行使我很满意。
• 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。
• It was an experience we could never have afforded, and we enjoyed it immensely.
  那是我们绝对负担不起的旅游经历，令我们非常享受。
• 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 couldn't have afforded to spend fifty pounds on cement and bricks.
  我拿不出五十镑来买水泥和砖头。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。