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

• 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。
• We have no expensive retail outlets affording us and you unbeatable savings.
  我们没有给我们提供昂贵的零售店铺，你无与伦比的储蓄。
• Affording change ( especially in social status).
  产生变化（特别是社会地位的变化）。
• Almost half of all New York City households with children have difficulty affording enough food.
  近乎一半有孩子的纽约家庭在承担足够的食物开销方面感觉吃力。
• Because of information, article and service can with nearly free affording to have no risk, commerce begin, turn to these long tail especially.
  由于信息、物品和服务可以几乎免费而无风险地获取，商业重点开始转向这个长长的尾巴。
• An avenue or other passage affording such a view. Carton: A corrugated box.
  狭长通道形成这种远景的一条街道或一条通道纸箱：用瓦通纸造成的箱。
• 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。
• Affording free passage or access.
  提供自由通道或入门的。
• The resultant ionized bond can be cleaved by a hemi-heterolysis process, affording a cation and a neutral radical.
  生成的离子化键能由半异裂的过程而开裂，提供一个正离子和一个中性的游离基。
• 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。