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EVP afford
EVP affordable
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IELTS: afford + : 负担得起
OXF3000ZH: 担负得起… ☊ → 提供 ☊ → ☊ → afford
OXF3000: đủ khả năng afford
OXF3000N có thể có đủ khả năng điều kiện (làm gì) afford
CORE: afford + + + + + + +
NGLS: afford + to have enough money to pay for something ☊
WNS: (v.) [afford] have the financial means
FN: afford v Supply
like: afford → →
afford sth: Can we afford a new car? ☊ afford ☊
None of them could afford £50 for a ticket. ☊ afford ☊
She felt she couldn't afford any more time off work. ☊ afford ☊
I'd give up work if I could afford it. ☊ afford ☊
afford to do sth: We can't afford to go abroad this summer. ☊ afford ☊
She never took a taxi, even though she could afford to. ☊ afford ☊
afford sth to do sth: He couldn't afford the money to go on the trip. ☊ afford ☊
afford to do sth: We cannot afford to ignore this warning. ☊ afford ☊
They could ill afford to lose any more staff. ☊ afford ☊
afford sth: We cannot afford any more delays. ☊ afford ☊
I can't afford it, it's too expensive. ☊ expensive ☊
I can't really afford it, but, what the hell (= it doesn't matter), I'll get it anyway. ☊ hell ☊
We cannot afford to ignore their advice. ☊ ignore ☊
How can they afford it? That's what I'd like to know. ☊ like ☊
What is the absolute maximum you can afford to pay? ☊ maximum ☊
'You should stop work when you have the baby.' 'Maybe, but I can't afford to.' ☊ maybe ☊
You can't afford to miss meals (= not eat meals) when you're in training. ☊ miss ☊
My parents lent me the money. Otherwise, I couldn't have afforded the trip. ☊ otherwise ☊
Practically speaking, we can't afford it. ☊ practically ☊
If I can afford it, I think I'll go private (= pay for medical care rather than use the government service). ☊ private ☊
It's difficult to find a house in our price range (= that we can afford). ☊ range ☊
reason (that...): We aren't going for the simple reason that we can't afford it. ☊ reason ☊
I can't afford to get sick (= become ill). ☊ sick ☊
When the band started out, they couldn't afford much equipment. ☊ start out ☊
This issue was of such importance that we could not afford to ignore it. ☊ such ☊
There's no way we could afford that sort of money. ☊ (there is) no way ☊
The price is way above what we can afford. ☊ way ☊
I can't afford it—that's the whole point. ☊ whole ☊