Books afford us knowledge.书本给我们学问。 afford是个动词，一般只买得起。但上句中的afford是指提供和给予的意思。又例如： Dancing affords us pleasure.跳舞给我们带来快乐。 afford表示买得起的意思时要注意它的使用，它一般要和表示能够的情态动词或动词短语连...
By David Gollust Washington 13 April 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the world community cannot afford to wait in dealing with the violence in Sudan's western Darfur region, inc...
