afford to

例句与用法

I cannot afford to offend him .
我惹不起他。
None can afford to neglect the accumulated experience of man .
谁也不能忽视人类所积累的经验。
My skates are broken . i can not afford to buy a new pair .
我的溜冰鞋坏了。我买不起新的溜冰鞋。
I couldn't have afforded to spend fifty pounds on cement and bricks .
我拿不出五十镑来买水泥和砖头。
I can not afford to confine myself to one set of advisers .
我不能使自己拘限于只听到一批顾问的意见。
She wished she could help her but could not afford to get involved .
她希望她能帮助她，但她经不起拖累。
Naturally, hardly anyone could afford to squander so much time every day .
几乎没有一个人能天天如此虚度光阴。
Now you have been left some money you can afford to live it up a bit .
既然留有这些钱，你就可以痛快享受一番了。
Suddenly the cord became taut and he couldn't afford to break the cord .
那电线突然抽紧了，他不能冒险拉断电线。
But at the same time they could not afford to offend him by sticking up for owen .
可也都不敢替欧文说话，怕得罪了他。