afford的詞形變化和用法

　　詞形變化: 動(dòng)詞過(guò)去式:afforded 過(guò)去分詞:afforded 現(xiàn)在分詞:affording 第三人稱單數(shù):affords

　　例句與用法:

　　1. These trees afford a pleasant shade.

　　這些樹(shù)提供了蔭涼。

　　2. I can't afford a holiday this summer.

　　今年夏天我無(wú)法度假。

　　3. Television affords pleasure to many.

　　電視給很多人帶來(lái)樂(lè)趣.

　　4. We would give more examples if we could afford the space.

　　假如我們能勻出篇幅來(lái), 就可以多舉些例子了.

　　5. I'd love to go on holiday but I can't afford the time.

　　我倒想去度假, 可是抽不出時(shí)間來(lái).

　　6. They walked because they couldn't afford (to take) a taxi.

　　他們因?yàn)樽黄鹩?jì)程車而步行.

　　7. You can ill afford to criticize others when you behave so badly yourself.

　　本身行為不正, 則不宜批評(píng)別人.

　　8. You can't afford (ie are not in a position to spend) 90.

　　你可不能花90英鎊.

　　英英解釋:

　　動(dòng)詞afford:

　　1. be able to spare or give up

　　2. be the cause or source of 同義詞：yield, give

　　3. have the financial means to do something or buy something

　　4. afford access to 同義詞：open, give

　　afford 是付得起的意思 afford to do 是付得起做某事

　　通常和can, can't ,be able to 連用

　　英語(yǔ)詞匯正誤辨析:afford正誤用法

　　◆他賣不起小車。

　　誤：He doesn’t afford (to have) a car.

　　正：He can’t afford (to have) a car.

　　析：afford(擔(dān)負(fù)得起)通常要與 can, be able to 連用。

　　◆那樣的東西許多人可以買(mǎi)得起。

　　誤：Such things can be afforded by many people.

　　正：Many people can afford such things.

　　析：在現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)中 afford(負(fù)擔(dān)得起)不用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。

　　◆我想請(qǐng)人把車子修一下, 因?yàn)槲屹I(mǎi)不起新的。

　　誤：I want to get my car repaired because I can’t afford the money for a new one.

　　正：I want to get my car repaired because I can’t afford (to buy) a new one.

　　析：afford(負(fù)擔(dān)得起)可用于金錢(qián)方面(用于 afford to buy 之類 的)，但通常不直接以 money 為賓語(yǔ)

　　◆電視給人以快樂(lè)。

　　誤：Television affords pleasure for us.

　　正：Television affords pleasure to us.

　　析：afford(提供)可接雙賓語(yǔ)(直接賓語(yǔ)通常為抽象概念)，若雙賓 語(yǔ)易位，要用介詞 to。注意：afford 表示“提供”時(shí), 無(wú)需 與 can, be able to 連用。