afford的意思|afford的解释-里氏词典

Afford \Af*ford"\ ([a^]f*f[=o]rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Afforded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Affording}.] [OE. aforthen, AS.
gefor[eth]ian, for[eth]ian, to further, accomplish, afford,
fr. for[eth] forth, forward. The prefix ge- has no well
defined sense. See {Forth}.]
1. To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural
result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives
afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an
abundant supply of fish.

2. To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its
being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a
good life affords consolation in old age.

His tuneful Muse affords the sweetest numbers.
--Addison.

The quiet lanes . . . afford calmer retreats.
--Gilpin.

3. To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting,
expending, with profit, or without loss or too great
injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can
afford a sum yearly in charity.

4. To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an
act which might under other circumstances be injurious; --
with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able
or rich enough.

The merchant can afford to trade for smaller
profits. --Hamilton.

He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer. --Wordsworth.

Li paid tribute to the force for helping crush the spring democracy movement, but added, "China faces a long-term struggle and we cannot afford to slacken our vigilance," Xinhua said.
In the West, Colorado next week and the Arizona caucuses March 7 are targets, but Mr. Kerrey can't afford to open too many fronts given his limited resources.
Mr. Bryan can't afford any mistakes as he undertakes something rare in Britain: A bitter, U.S.-style proxy contest.
Insurers are acutely aware of the need to store enough money to afford paying claims to Japan's rapidly aging population in the decades ahead.
While Bush was quick to pounce on Dukakis' opposition to the MX and Midgetman, he was slower to admit that he could not afford both, if elected.
The cost of a costume is so high, they can't afford to take part," said Rio City Councilman Sergio Cabral.
Most AIDS sufferers are poor, have no insurance and can't even afford to go to doctors, much less pay for medicine.
Mr. Nobrega said Brazil could only afford to cover "part of it.
But that is difficult when the biggest shareholders cannot afford to inject fresh funds.
He can afford to tolerate more instability than his opponents could have.
The dispute is developing into one that neither side can afford to lose.
"We can't afford to become a nation of video arcades, drive-in banks and McDonald's hamburger stands," warns Chrysler Corp. chairman Lee Iacocca.
"We can't afford to abandon the nation to the Likud," Mr. Peres said.
For small advertisers, used commercials can give them television exposure they normally couldn't afford.
It hides the fact that fewer and fewer young American families can afford to buy their own house today.
The betting now among analysts is that Mr. Frist cannot afford to drop the idea of the buy-out.
The shortage already is apparent in the modest-priced units that Soviet immigrant families can afford on government housing subsidies of $237 monthly.
GM can afford to reduce its rebates because sharp production cuts and better-than-expected sales since the stock market crash have held inventories in line.
"They may be better informed about the variety of produce available and better able to afford the premium prices that specialities sometimes command," Greene said.
Many of the small operators either can't afford or can't find rental substitute rigs, which can cost about $1,000 a week.
GM's new president and chief operating officer, Robert C. Stempel, said yesterday that the company "cannot afford to continue with losers" in its components operations.
The economy was changing; living costs were soaring in big cities like New York, and the result was that during the 1980s, battered women were increasingly returning to the men who abused them simply because they couldn't afford not to.
"They're always looking at Mercedes, but most of them can't afford to go for that much luxury," he says.
The government cannot afford to do without him. So the risk is great that the ANC's plan to overthrow the governments of Ciskei, Bophuthatswana and KwaZulu could lead to violence.
So a user can do a credit check, look up a share price, get a company report and so on, with relative ease. Compuserve has a great appeal for smaller businesses, which cannot afford subscriptions to so many services at once.
Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., is betting that its less well-off rivals won't be able to afford the investment they need to keep pace with Intel's barrage of new chips.
He adds: "I don't think playing around with taxes is an option we can afford at this time.
"We couldn't afford to stay there because we had to come to New York and find a replacement," Ebb said.
He concludes, however, that our employers will not, indeed cannot, change; therefore the education system must continue to bail them out. The UK cannot afford to adopt such a defeatist stance.
For those who can't afford private treatment, public and other subsidized centers are even more overburdened.

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