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一、afford是什么意思
afford用作动词，基本含义是“充足”，指“有足够的钱买某物”“有足够的财力或时间做某事”。通常用作不及物动词。
1.afford的基本含义是“充足”,指“有足够的钱买某物”“有足够的财力或时间做某事”,也可以表示“经受得起”;引申可表示“提供”“给予”。
2.afford表示“有足够的钱买某物”时, afford可以接物作宾语,也可以接“to buy sth”作宾语,前者可看作是省略to buy的句型,前者较后者更常用些。
3.afford表示“有足够的财力或时间做某事”。afford的宾语可以是time(一般不省略),也可以是expense,还可以是time and money,但一般不单独用money。
4.afford后面可跟不定式或动名词,还常用在can, could, be able to后面表示“担负得起”某事物的费用、损失、后果等,以及“抽得出”时间、人力,其后可接双宾语,意思是“向某人提供某物”。
She cannot afford a new dress.
The parents could hardly afford a private teacher for their child.
父母很难给孩子请得起一位家庭教师
二、afford形容词
1、形容词作为英语词性分类中的一种，可以代表人或事物的性质、状态、特征等等，形容词可以受“很”以及程度副词的修饰，在句子中主要充当着定语和谓语的句子成分。那么接下来就请同学们来一起了解一下afford的形容词怎么写。
2、afford这个英语单词的及物动词含义为买得起，给予，提供，当afford作为名词使用时，可以表示人名，意思是阿福德。
3、afford这个英语单词的英式发音和美式发音是不相同的，afford的发音音标如下：
4、英式发音：[əˈfɔːd]
5、美式发音：[əˈfɔːrd]
6、afford的第三人称单数为affords，现在分词形式是affording，过去式形式是afforded，过去分词形式为afforded。
7、afford的形容词形式是affordable，意思是负担得起的。
8、Practicallyspeaking,wecan'taffordit.
9、Ican'taffordto runacaron mysalary.
10、Shecould wellaffordto pay for itherself.
三、afford的词形变化和用法
词形变化:动词过去式:afforded过去分词:afforded现在分词:affording第三人称单数:affords
1. These trees afford a pleasant shade.
2. I can't afford a holiday this summer.
3. Television affords pleasure to many.
4. 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.
5. I'd love to go on holiday but I can't afford the time.
我倒想去度假,可是抽不出时间来.
6. They walked because they couldn't afford(to take) a taxi.
7. You can ill afford to criticize others when you behave so badly yourself.
8. You can't afford(ie are not in a position to spend) 90.
1. be able to spare or give up
2. be the cause or source of同义词：yield, give
3. have the financial means to do something or buy something
4. afford access to同义词：open, give
afford是付得起的意思 afford to do是付得起做某事
通常和can, can't,be able to连用
英语词汇正误辨析:afford正误用法
误：He doesn’t afford(to have) a car.
正：He can’t afford(to have) a car.
析：afford(担负得起)通常要与 can, be able to连用。
◆那样的东西许多人可以买得起。
误：Such things can be afforded by many people.
正：Many people can afford such things.
析：在现代英语中 afford(负担得起)不用于被动语态。
◆我想请人把车子修一下,因为我买不起新的。
误：I want to get my car repaired because I can’t afford the money for a new one.
正：I want to get my car repaired because I can’t afford(to buy) a new one.
析：afford(负担得起)可用于金钱方面(用于 afford to buy之类的)，但通常不直接以 money为宾语
误：Television affords pleasure for us.
正：Television affords pleasure to us.
析：afford(提供)可接双宾语(直接宾语通常为抽象概念)，若双宾语易位，要用介词 to。注意：afford表示“提供”时,无需与 can, be able to连用。
