A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
负担得起
Afford
None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as far as we can perceive, much security for his being wiser than any of his neighbours.
据我们所知，任何一种治安官的任命方式、普选、抽签或出身都不能保证他比他的邻居们更有智慧。
The truth was you can't continue to spend the kind of money our spending on all these entitlement programs. I think we need more people in public life who are willing to say, no, we can't afford certain things. No, we can't do certain things.
事实是你不能继续把我们的钱花在这些福利项目上。我认为我们在公共生活中需要更多的人愿意说，不，我们买不起某些东西。不，我们不能做某些事情。
It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.
公平地说，那些努力工作，早上起床，削减他们的衣服-换句话说，“我们只能负担得起一个或两个孩子，因为我们没有足够的收入”。他们交税，他们想知道同样的决策也发生在那些领救济金的人身上。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I cannot afford to watch Fox News.
我看不起福克斯新闻。
I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it.
我记得我的父亲是足球教练，当他的一些球员买不起足球鞋时，他会给他们买。
Few artists can afford artistic temperament.
很少有艺术家能负担得起艺术气质。
But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now.
但是，很明显，我们不能就我们国家的基本承诺做出一些糟糕的长期决定——用这些承诺换取一些短期援助，而这些短期援助可能在一个月后就会到位，也可能不会到位。
I'm blessed, I can afford to send my children to private school.
我很幸运，我能供得起我的孩子上私立学校。
No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.
任何运动都不能被困在时间隧道中，处于假死状态。