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书籍:英汉辞典
更新时间:2018-09-12 04:05:37
出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第25页(365字)
【词性】:vt.
【释义】:
①(常与can or be able to连用)买(花、经受)得起:In the old society,the working people couldn’t afford to send their children to school.在旧社会劳动人民没钱送子女上学.Our commune can afford tractors.我们公社买得起拖拉机.We can’t afford to waste a single minute.我们一分钟也浪费不得.I can’t afford time for the cinema today.我今天没时间看电影.②供给,给予,生产:This plot affords cotton.这块地生产棉花.