Afford

[ə'fɔːd] or [ə'fɔrd]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) be able to spare or give up; 'I can't afford to spend two hours with this person'.

(verb.) afford access to; 'the door opens to the patio'; 'The French doors give onto a terrace'.

(verb.) have the financial means to do something or buy something; 'We can't afford to send our children to college'; 'Can you afford this car?'.

休整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.

(v. t.) To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation in old age.

(v. t.) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity.

(v. t.) To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough.

整理:胡安妮塔

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Supply, furnish, yield, produce.[2]. Confer, impart, grant, bestow, offer, lend, give, communicate, spare.[3]. Bear the cost or expense of.

編輯:奥马尔

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Produce, supply, give, yield, grant, confer, bestow, impart, administer,extend

ANT:Withhold, deny, withdraw, retain, stint, grudge

手打:米格尔

解釋/意思:

v.t. to yield or produce: to be able to sell to expend or to bear the expense of.

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