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

• Affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance.
  为信任或者赞同提供了合理的基础。
• We have no expensive retail outlets affording us and you unbeatable savings.
  我们没有给我们提供昂贵的零售店铺，你无与伦比的储蓄。
• Almost half of all New York City households with children have difficulty affording enough food.
  近乎一半有孩子的纽约家庭在承担足够的食物开销方面感觉吃力。
• A small roofed structure affording shade and rest.
  一种小的且只有屋顶的建筑物，它有阴凉能让人们休息。
• We are as capable as before of affording for everyone a high standard of life
  我们像以前一样有能力为每个人提供高水准的生活
• A high place affording a good view.
  使视野开阔的高的地方。
• 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。
• Applying geological radar can provide the plain position of pipeline and the buried depth, condition are summarized, affording the reliable basis for construction management.
  利用地质雷达探测能准确地提供管线的平面位置和埋设深度等情况，为施工管理提供可靠依据。
• The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
  容易亲近善于交际的性质。
• Affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings.
  给予欢乐；符合你的喜好和品位。