"afford" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 负担得起
• 买得起

Definition

指有足够的钱、时间或其他资源去做某事而不会造成太大困难。最常见的是表示有钱购买某物或承担某项花费。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常接名词或不定式：'afford a car'、'afford to buy a car'。在否定句和疑问句中非常常见，如 'can't afford'、'can we afford to...?'。它也可以表示没有时间余地或承受不起后果：'I can't afford to be late' 表示迟到的后果会很严重。

Examples

We can't afford a new car right now.

我们现在**负担不起**买新车。

Can you afford this phone?

你**买得起**这部手机吗？

I can't afford to miss another day of work.

我**承担不起**再请一天假的后果。

With rent going up again, we're barely affording groceries.

房租又涨了，我们连买菜都快**负担不起**了。

We can't afford to wait much longer.

我们**不能再拖下去**了。

Honestly, I can't afford another mistake on this project.

说真的，这个项目我再也**承受不起**出错了。