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

• He was afforded a certificate upon completion of his course of study.
  他结业时被授予证书。
• You were afforded a full and fair trial by a jury of your peers.
  你仍在你的同胞组成的陪审团面前接受了完全和公正的审判。
• His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age.
  他的孙子和孙女们在晚年的时候给了他最大的欢乐。
• 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。
• All the opportunities we afforded you.
  我们为你提供了一切可能的机会。
• This afforded a high degree of reliability.
  这买得起高度可靠性。
• These activities afforded him great pleasure in his old age.
  这些活动给他的晚年带来了很大的乐趣。
• This trip has afforded great satisfaction to me.
  这次旅行使我很满意。
• There were so many gifts that this book and the work with her has afforded me.
  有这么多的礼物，这本书，并与她的工作也给予了我。
• 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。