He could not afford to buy a house.
他买不起房子。
We could not afford to overlook such a serious offence.
对这样严重的违法行为，我们决不能视若无睹。
They could not afford to spoil those maps by careless colouring.
他们不敢用随意的涂色毁了那些地图。
This issue was of such importance that we could not afford to ignore it.
这个问题十分重要，我们疏忽不得。
The ANC could not afford to lower its guard until everything had been carried out.
在所有任务完成之前，非洲人国民大会丝毫不敢放松警惕。
The concert was sold out, and in any case, most of the people gathered in the square could not afford the price of a ticket.
音乐会的票已售完，再说，聚在广场上的人也大都买不起票。
His family could not afford to treat him.
他的家人负担不起给他治病的费用。
He could not afford luxury food on his pay.
靠自己的工资他买不起奢侈的食品。
For one thing, the South could not afford to part with its slaves.
一方面，南方地区无法承担废除奴隶制带来的损失。
She worried that kids who could not afford their own supplies would give up drawing.
她担心那些买不起生活用品的孩子们会放弃画画。
Politicians thoughtlessly promoted home-ownership for those who could not afford it.
政客不加思索地鼓励买不起房的人推广房产。
Politicians who thoughtlessly promoted home-ownership for those who could not afford it?
那些不加思索地向买不起房的人推广住房的政客？
He dropped out of high school at the age of 16 because his family could not afford school fees.
因为家庭负担不起学费，他16岁的时候就从中学退学了。
I could not afford it, so I took another route.
可是我负担不起学费，所以我选择了另外一条路。
We taught the kids there who could not afford school.
在那里，我们教那些没钱上学的孩子。
Nearly all said they could not afford to eat balanced meals.
几乎所有人都说，他们不能吃上营养均衡的正餐。
It was a luxury the 9 ragtag team obviously could not afford.
对贫民队来说买一顶头盔显然是一种奢侈。
They could not afford to ignore Perot's message on the deficit.
他们不能漠视佩罗特的信息在贸易逆差。
He wanted to buy a house and could not afford it without a higher salary.
他想要购买一套房子但是如果没有更高的薪水，他根本无法承受。
We could not afford to raise salaries or provide subsidies for everybody.
我们没有能力提高工资，或为所有人发放补贴。
He said he could not afford to pay all his workers because of declining orders.
他表示由于订单下降，他不可能支付所有工人的工资。
Since they may have to do so again they could not afford to savage each other.
由于他们有可能以后还会保持这种关系，所以可能无法承受相互攻击的后果。
Years later, when he could not afford to care for the animals, he sold them to Iran.
多年以后，由于没钱养活这些海豚，他把它们卖给了伊朗。
Even that, sometimes there are still some expenditures that I expensed that I could not afford.
即使是那样，有时有些开销还是在我的经济能力之外。
A merger with Alstom is unlikely in the near term, mainly because Alstom could not afford it.
近期不大可能和阿尔斯通合并，主要由于阿尔斯通负担不起。
But then it fell back again, perhaps because people found they simply could not afford to save.
但是之后又开始下滑，也许，因为人们发现，他们存不起钱。
But then it fell back again, perhaps because people found they simply could not afford to save.
但是之后又开始下滑，也许，因为人们发现，他们存不起钱。
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