【afford音标】 英[əˈfɔ:d] 美[əˈfɔ:rd]
【单词释义】 afford是什么意思:
vt.买得起;担负得起;提供;给予
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] affords
[单词现在分词] affording
[单词过去式] afforded
[单词过去分词] afforded
【关联词/派生词】
affordable adj. 价格合理的;买得起的,付得起的
affordability n. [U] 可购性;负担能力;承受能力
【afford形近词/近似词】
word n.单词;话语 vt.措辞,用词
ford n.浅滩,可涉水而过的地方 vt.涉(水),渡过
lord n.主;领主;上帝;大人,阁下 v.使成贵族;作威作福,逞威风
cord n.粗线,细绳;电线 v.用绳子捆绑;堆积(柴薪)
chord n.和弦,和音;(数学)弦 v.和谐一致;上…的弦;调和;弹奏
landlord n.房东,地主;店主
【近义词解析】
◇ 提供,供应
afford (v. [正式]提供,给予):多指提供抽象的东西,可后接双宾语。
furnish ([四级]v. [正式]提供,供应):既可指提供抽象的东西,又可指提供具体的东西。
offer (v. 提供):指主动给予帮助等,对方可以接受也可以拒绝。
provide (v. 提供,供应):指为某人提供需要或有用的东西,多用于 provide sth for sb 和provide sb with sth 结构中。
supply (v. 提供,供给):尤指长时间地定期供应所需或想要之物,多用于 supply sb with sth 和 supply sth to sb 结构中。
【单词例句】
◇ (f)Realizes what's at stake should we fail and the possibilities afforded us when we succeed.
(f)在我们遭遇失败时,明白问题出在哪儿;在我们成功后,知道我们还有哪些机遇。
---- Why do you want to work here?
◇ He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers; nor did he care to go either to the theatre or the chase, except for the opportunities then afforded him for displaying his new clothes.
他一点也不关心他的军队,也不喜欢去看戏。除非是为了炫耀一下新衣服,他也不喜欢乘着马车逛公园。
◇ During the Roman engagement process, a well-off suitor who could afford a ring would slip it over his bride-to-be's fourth finger. Thus, he'd always have a symbolic grip around her lover's vein. The modern world may have adopted that practice from the Romans.
在罗马人订婚的过程中,能买得起戒指的富有的求婚者会将戒指亲自戴到准新娘的无名指上,象征着他抓住了她的“爱情之脉”。现代人可能是从罗马人那里习得这种做法的。