3.詳細解說
1.“afford”常與“can”、“could”或“be able to”等表示能力的動詞連用,并通常出現于含有否定意義的句子中。“can/could/be able to afford (to do) sth.”表示“買得起…,支付得起…
,負擔得起…,承擔得起…”。例如:We can't afford to go on vacation this year.(今年我們沒有足夠的錢去度假。)Few people are able to afford cars like that.(沒有幾個人能買得起
那樣的車。)I can't afford to buy a house.(我買不起房子。)We can't afford to wait any longer or we'll miss the plane.(我們可等不起了,不然會誤了飛機的。)We can't afford to
make any mistakes at this stage in the project.(工程到了這個階段,我們可承受不起任何的錯誤。)