1·I can afford it, but only just.
这东西我刚好买得起。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·I don't think we can afford just to blow this off.
我想我们担负不起对此置之不理。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Why make do with a copy if you can afford the genuine article?
如果你买得起正品，为什么还拿复制品凑合呢？
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·I learned: buy only what you can afford.
我明白了：只买你买得起的东西。
5·Nowadays many farmers can afford to buy a house in the city.
现在许多农民都买得起城里的房子。
6·That's why poor folk can afford to have them.
所以穷人们才买得起它们。
7·But television is an expensive medium, and not all advertisers can afford to use it.
但电视是一种昂贵的媒介，并不是所有的广告商都能负担得起去使用它。
8·Then he checks whether he can afford them and in which shops he is going to buy them.
然后他检查自己是否买得起，以及打算去哪些商店买。
9·I'm going to get a black velvet smoking-suit myself some day, as soon as I can afford it.
看哪一天我买得起，我也要去买一套黑丝绒的吸烟服。
10·I am very thankful that we can afford this food and that it is even here and available for us to consume.
我非常感谢我们能买得起这种食物，它甚至在这里供我们消费。