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

• On the other hand, students have little difficulties affording the computer owing to the declining price.
  另外一方面，由于价格下降，学生购机不再有困难。
• A high place affording a good view.
  使视野开阔的高的地方。
• Any road or path affording passage especially a rough one.
  任何提供交通的尤其是比较粗糙的路。
• Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game. a small cultivated wood without undergrowth.
  可供动物藏身的浓密的下层林丛或树林.一个很小的经过修剪的没有下层树丛的树林。
• 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。
• An avenue or other passage affording such a view. Carton: A corrugated box.
  狭长通道形成这种远景的一条街道或一条通道纸箱：用瓦通纸造成的箱。
• A small, roofed structure in a park or garden affording shade and rest; a gazebo.
  公园或花园中一种有顶的小型建筑，供乘凉和休息；凉亭。
• Many universities offer faculty employees sabbatical leaves affording them time to conduct research or obtain faculty retraining.
  很多大学提供教员休假研究以提供他们时间来从事研究或作教学再训练。
• Affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings.
  给予欢乐；符合你的喜好和品位。
• The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
  容易亲近善于交际的性质。