"afford" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 負擔得起
• 買得起

Definition

指有足夠的錢、時間或其他資源去做某事，而且不會造成太大困難。最常見的是表示有錢購買某物或承擔某項花費。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常接名詞或不定式：'afford a car'、'afford to buy a car'。在否定句和疑問句中非常常見，如 'can't afford'、'can we afford to...?'。它也可以表示沒有時間餘地或承受不起後果：'I can't afford to be late' 表示遲到的後果會很嚴重。

Examples

We can't afford a new car right now.

我們現在**負擔不起**買新車。

Can you afford this phone?

你**買得起**這支手機嗎？

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

我**承擔不起**再請一天假的後果。

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

房租又漲了，我們連買菜都快**負擔不起**了。

We can't afford to wait much longer.

我們**不能再拖下去**了。

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

說真的，這個專案我再也**承受不起**出錯了。