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

• Lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance.
  缺乏安全感或者不安、不放心。
• Most of all, though, I would like to thank my family. To my beautiful wife Louise, for her continued love and support through the many ups and downs in my career and for affording me the most precious gift of all, our children.
  最主要的，我要感谢我的家庭，我美丽的妻子路易斯在我职业生涯的数次起伏中给予我爱和支持，带给我世间最宝贵的礼物，我们的孩子。
• Affording free passage or access.
  提供自由通道或入门的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Place or situation affording some advantage ( especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective).
  具有某种优势的地方或位置，特别指能够居高临下观察或全面观察的地方。
• A place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet.
  一个独处而不受干扰的地方；一个宁静而舒适的地方。
• A high place affording a good view.
  使视野开阔的高的地方。
• The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
  容易亲近善于交际的性质。