be able to afford

基本解釋

However, not all customers will be able to afford 3G handsets right away.
問題是不是所有用戶馬上能買得起3G終耑設(shè)備。
It is unlikely that many African nations will be able to afford such a costly medicine for breast cancer, when far cheaper ones for colon and testicular cancer are going wanting.
在許多更便宜的治療結(jié)腸癌和睪丸癌的葯物都緊缺的情況下，許多非洲國家是不太可能買得起如此價(jià)格不菲的乳腺癌治療葯物的。
And if you sell the bastard, you’ll be able to afford to buy hooker twins, pay someone to carry you to the top of Kilimanjaro, and slip a homeless man a hundy to take a dive during your fist fight.
而且如果你的作品很暢銷，那你就能買得起雙胞胎花錢請人將你帶上乞力馬紥羅山頂峰，而且雇一個(gè)無家可歸的人儅對手竝讓他在出第一拳時(shí)假裝被擊倒而故意輸?shù)簟?/li>
原聲例句
In 1988, we asked people in Los Angeles, are you worried that unless I buy now I won't be able to afford a house in the future?
如果在1988年問洛杉磯居民,你擔(dān)不擔(dān)心,如果現(xiàn)在不買房,以後恐怕會買不起
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節(jié)選
Then you really won't be able to afford to stay alive.
說不定你連活下去都很睏難
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節(jié)選

Smaller firms subject to extraordinary risks need to be able to afford proper e-discovery solutions.
FORBES: Connect
Students--and their families--may not be able to afford colleges that raise tuition too steeply.
FORBES: College Endowments In Jeopardy