afford是什么意思？

They can only afford small apartments.

As smaller cities copy the model of these 24-hour cities, more affordable versions of these places will be created.

Once driverless cars are actually for sale, the early adopters will be the people who can afford to buy them.

The implication is a sharp decline in global trade, which has plunged partly because oilproducing nations can't afford to import as much as they used to.

To those Americans for whom money is a concern, my advice is simple: Buy what you can afford, and cook it yourself.

Most people couldn't afford to do otherwise.

Politicians who thoughtlessly promoted home-ownership for those who could not afford it?

Rather, with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn't afford to divorce.

Few people can afford it without working hard.

Pay has always been the biggest deterrent, as people with families often feel they cannot afford the drop in salary when moving to a university job.

Well, I guess I'd sell my watch or computer or do some odd jobs till I could afford a return plane ticket.

And my university classmates are arranging a trip to vi sit our old campus, and I'd love to go with them, but I can't afford both.

Generally, young women have had growing success in the paid labor market since 1960 and hence might increasingly be expected to be able to afford to live independently of their parents.

The implication is a sharp decline in global trade, which has plunged partly because oil-producing nations can't afford to import as much as they used to.

While the practice carries serious health risks for many, those dangers are outweighed by the social and economic gains for poor urban farmers and consumers who need affordable food.

University education is becoming attractive to students who can afford it.

And the New Yorkers who spent a bundle on an outdoor hot tub now admit they rarely use it, because we can’t afford to heat it in winter.

They can afford to choose easier majors in order to enjoy themselves.

But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable After being dogged by technical delays for years, Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a SpaceShipTwo craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015.

She was astonished by the professional possibilities afforded to young American woman.

They cannot afford the time and expenses of rearing children.

They cannot afford the high tuition.

He cannot afford to have a coffee break.

He can't afford to go traveling yet.

If you can afford to buy prestige, that's your choice.

Meanwhile, pupils arrive at school hungry because their families can't afford breakfast.

Over the next few months, I realized not only could I not afford my dream school, I couldn't even afford the ones where I'd been accepted.

The message to young people who might not otherwise be able to afford to break into the business is, "You can purchase this $3 million piece of land here, because I'm guaranteeing you today you'll have 1, 000 Bison on it."