afford的用法

afford一般有花費得起;能夠做;承擔得起(後果);提供;給予等意思，那麼你知道afford的用法嗎?下面跟着本站小編一起來學習一下，希望對大家的學習有所幫助!

　afford的用法：

afford的基本含義是“充足”,指“有足夠的錢買某物”“有足夠的財力或時間做某事”,也可以表示“經受得起”; 引申可表示“提供”“給予”。

afford表示“有足夠的錢買某物”時, afford可以接物作賓語,也可以接“to buy sth ”作賓語,前者可看作是省略to buy的句型,前者較後者更常用些。

afford表示“有足夠的財力或時間做某事”。afford的賓語可以是time(一般不省略),也可以是expense,還可以是time and money,但一般不單獨用money。

afford還可作“經受得起”解,可用於財政狀況,健康狀況或者形象、聲譽等,其賓語一般爲動詞不定式或表示動作的名詞,不接反身代詞作賓語。

afford作“提供”“給予”解時,屬正式文體,指自然產生或法律上的後果,多接雙賓語,其後的直接賓語多爲抽象名詞。其主語可以是人,也可以是物或事物,其間接賓語可轉化爲介詞to的賓語。

afford多用於疑問句或否定句,常與can, could, be able to等連用。用於否定句時,意思是“經不起(發生某事或做某事)”,含盡力“避免發生”或“避免做”的意味。

afford不用於進行體和完成體,作“買得起,花得起,經得起”解時不用於被動結構。

　afford英語例句：

1. They could not afford to spoil those maps by careless colouring.

若是上色的時候不小心弄壞了那些地圖，他們可承擔不起。

2. They pay full rates. Mind you, they can afford it.

他們付全價，請注意，他們是付得起的。

3. It would be nice to be able to afford to retire earlier.

無後顧之憂而能提早退休當是件幸事。

4. I really can't afford to see this company go belly up.

我絕對不能眼睜睜地看着這家公司垮掉。

5. He could not afford luxury food on his pay.

靠自己的工資他買不起奢侈的食品。

6. If I could afford it I'd have four television sets.

假如能買得起，我就會有4臺電視機。

7. Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Mirabelle.

只有非常有錢的人才能在米拉貝勒餐廳吃得起午餐。

8. Can you afford to splash out a little? Is your budget unlimited?

你能稍微奢侈一點嗎?你的預算是否有上限?

9. Soon the villagers couldn't afford to buy food for themselves.

很快村民們就買不起口糧了。

10. She could no longer afford to keep him at school.

她已無法再供他讀書。

11. He can afford to sit out the property slump.

他的經濟實力可以撐過這次房地產市場蕭條期。

12. Many hospitals say they simply can't afford to computerize.

很多醫院說他們根本沒資金實現計算機化。

13. People can't even afford to pony up for movie tickets.

人們甚至買不起電影票。

14. Someone with an income of $34,895 can afford this loan.

一個收入爲34,895美元的人能負擔得起這筆貸款。

15. The best housing they could afford was crowded and filthy.

他們能住得起的最好的住所也非常擁擠、骯髒不堪。