| 单词 | afford |
| 释义 | Word Frequency afford(əˈfɔːd) verb 1. (preceded by can, could, etc) to be able to do or spare something, esp without incurring financial difficulties or without risk of undesirable consequences we can afford to buy a small house I can afford to give you one of my chess sets we can't afford to miss this play 2. to give, yield, or supply the meeting afforded much useful information Derived forms affordable (afˈfordable) adjective affordability (afˌfordaˈbility) noun Word origin Old English geforthian to further, promote, from forth forth; the Old English prefix ge- was later reduced to a-, and the modern spelling (C16) is influenced by words beginning aff- |
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