afford to

• You just can't afford to let her hang-ups cheapen our relationship .
  你也不应该毫不容情地让她成为阻止我们相好的障碍。
• I can not afford to pay that much right now . may i pay by installments ?
  我现在一时付不起那么多钱，我可以分期付款吗？
• As president i couldn't afford to waste energy on pretty disputes .
  作为总裁，我经不起在一些细小的争执上浪费我的精力。
• With something to look forward to she could afford to tolerate and respond .
  心里有了奔头，容忍一点和敷衍一点都没有关系。
• Larger drops fall quickly and can better afford to lose mass by evaporation .
  较大的雨滴下落得很快，蒸发引起的质量损失较少。
• A brisk memo from father soon informed me that i could not afford to fly .
  不久爸爸送来一张尖刻的短柬，指出我负担不起飞行的费用。
• Women of seventy can't afford to reject a man simply because of his stupidity .
  一个七十岁的老媪是绝对不会仅仅因为男人蠢而拒之门外的。
• The only way we could afford to produce this car at a terrific price was to sell a ton of them .
  要以相宜的价钱制造这部车，唯一的办法是多销。
• A man who has made so many mistakes can't afford to ignore the corrections of his friends .
  一个犯了这么多错误的人，再也不能不理会朋友们的责备了。
• I shouldn't have thought a missionary was such a big bug that he could afford to put on frills .
  我可不认为传教士是什么了不起的人物，竟然这样挑剔。