Afford
Patient: Doc, can you cure me of compulsive lying?
Psychologist: Yes, if you have enough money to afford the expensive treatment.
Patient: No problem, I just won lottery yesterday.
病人:醫生,你能治好我的強迫性說謊癥嗎?
精神病醫生:能,如果你有錢支付昂貴的治療費。
病人:沒問題,我昨天剛中了六合彩。
Rose: Where are you going on your vacation this year?
Violet: With prices the way they are, about all I can afford is to stay home and let my mind wander!
Rose: 今年你假期要去哪兒?
Violet:照目前的價格,我能負擔起的就是呆在家里讓思想游蕩了。
I cannot afford to waste my time making money.
我可浪費不起時間去掙錢。
注:現在人人都在想方設法掙錢,如果你連掙錢的時間都擠不出來,那也挺牛的。