Affording
[ə'fɔːd]
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Afford
手打:曼弗雷德
例句/造句/用法:
- The Edison concentrating plant has been sketched in the briefest outline with a view of affording merely a bare idea of the great work of its projector. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It may be of some use to the public, by affording an easy proof of the prosperous condition of the country. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In affording you this interview, the young lady has taken a natural, perhaps, but still a very imprudent step. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I rose to take my leave, and to thank Mrs. Clements for the friendly readiness she had shown in affording me information. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Occupation alone, if I could deliver myself up to it, would be capable of affording an opiate to my sleepless sense of woe. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- These words appeared to be addressed to the young lady, and were perhaps uttered with the view of affording Nancy time to recover herself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Shall we then rest contented with these two relations of contiguity and succession, as affording a complete idea of causation? 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Thus adjured, Lily turned her eyes on the spectacle which was affording Mr. Dorset such legitimate mirth. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- A series of holes can be punched round the lower edge of a fruit can, thus affording a distributing reservoir. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- May not even this be a feint that will increase your triumph by affording a wider scope for your revenge? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Those who possessed a power of living out of London, he advised immediately to quit it, affording them the means of so doing. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I speak of affording some clue to his connexions, or to where he came from, or to anything concerning him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- To Mrs. Gardiner, Wickham had one means of affording pleasure, unconnected with his general powers. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The numerous hands employed in the one species of cultivation necessarily encourage the other, by affording a ready market for its produce. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
手打:曼弗雷德