could afford
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美
- afford v.花费得起；能够做；承担得起(后果)；提供；给予
- could aux.可以；能；可能；can的过去式
- Mrs. Black shopped around till she got what she wanted at a price she could afford.
布莱克夫人从一家商店兜到另一家商店，最后以出得起的价格买进了她所需要的东西。
- Only some of the farms could afford to buy large agricultural machinery.
只有某些农场有条件购买大型农业机械了。
- I thought I could afford it, then I costed it out properly and found it was too expensive.
我以为能负担得起那费用，後来认真估算了一下才知道过於昂贵。
- We would give more examples if we could afford the space.
假如我们能匀出篇幅来，就可以多举些例子了。
