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

• 62. The representative of China further confirmed that price controls would not be used for purposes of affording protection to domestic industries or services providers.
  62.中国代表近一步确认，价格控制将不被用于向国内产业或服务提供者提供保护的目的。
• In this paper, its studied the cryptographic properties of unsigned ones complement addition, with the aim of affording reliable theory for design and analysis of cipher algorithm.
  本文对进位返加运算的密码学性质进行了系统、深入的研究，旨在为密码算法设计与分析提供理论依据。
• Not open or affording passage or access.
  没有打开、提供通道或入门的。
• 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。
• Lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance.
  缺乏安全感或者不安、不放心。
• 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。
• Place or situation affording some advantage ( especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective).
  具有某种优势的地方或位置，特别指能够居高临下观察或全面观察的地方。
• Affording free passage or access.
  提供自由通道或入门的。
• 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。
• Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game. a small cultivated wood without undergrowth.
  可供动物藏身的浓密的下层林丛或树林.一个很小的经过修剪的没有下层树丛的树林。