They could afford a secondhand car, she thought.
他们能买得起一辆二手车，她想。
We could afford to reduce defence spending in peacetime without excessive risk.
在和平时期我们可以减少国防开支而并不引起风险增加。
Most workers could afford to have a house of their own.
大多数工人可以买得起房子。
Only those with deep pockets, however, could afford the $25,000 cost of each device.
不过，只有那些家财万贯的人才能买得起每台价值25，000美元的计算机。
Furthermore, many people believed that getting a divorce was a luxury that only the rich could afford.
此外，许多人认为离婚是只有富人才能负担得起的奢侈品。
In some places, like ancient Greece for example, the wealthiest people with poor vision could have someone else read to them—easy solution if you could afford it.
在一些地方，例如说古希腊，视力不好的富人可以让别人读给他们听——只要能付得起钱，这很好解决。
As mass production techniques were refined in the 19th century, the price of pianos dropped to the point that a larger proportion of the population could afford to own them.
随着19世纪大规模生产技术的改进，钢琴的价格下降到更多人都买得起的程度。
MIRTP focused on what would be most appropriate for the inhabitants of Makete in terms of what was available, how much they could afford and what they were willing to accept.
MIRTP的重点在于对Makete的居民来说什么是最合适的，并依据现有的资源、他们能承担的费用以及他们愿意接受什么作出判断。
There's no way we could afford that sort of money.
我们无论如何都花不起那种钱。
If I could afford it, I'd have four television sets.
要是我买得起，我要有4台电视机。
She never took a taxi, even though she could afford to.
尽管她坐得起出租汽车，但她从未坐过。
Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Mirabelle.
只有大富豪才吃得起米拉贝尔饭店的午餐。
These people could afford to retire to Florida but they'd just as soon stay put.
这些人能负担得起退隐到佛罗里达，但他们宁愿留在原地。
Only the emperor and rich people could afford to use it.
只有皇帝和有钱人才用得起。
If you could afford spices, you could definitely afford fresh meat.
如果你买得起香料，你肯定买得起鲜肉。
Much more people could afford the books that were produced on a printing press.
更多的人可以买得起用印刷机生产的书。
Almost instantly, he found he could afford a Buick, rather than one of those smaller economy cars.
几乎马上他就发现他买得起别克汽车了，不再需要开那些较小的经济型轿车。
At the time, people were wild for travel and for experiencing new places; but not everyone could afford it.
当时，人们热衷于旅行和体验新地方；但并不是每个人都支付得起这些费用。
Even if he could afford it, economists say it is unclear whether older workers like him benefit much from more education.
经济学家说，即使他能负担得起，像他这样的老员工能否从更多的教育经历中获益，尚不清楚。
I think there's no limit to the amount of personal attention and personal care people would like if they could afford it.
我认为，如果人们负担得起的话，那么他们对个性化关怀和个人护理的需求是无尽的。
Indeed, the purple colour extracted from a snail was once so costly that in society at the time only the rich could afford it.
的确，从蜗牛身上提取的紫色物质曾经非常昂贵，在当时的社会，只有富人才能买得起。
If you can make 100 tons of the drug, but it costs $100,000 a gram that might not be a useful drug because nobody could afford to use it.
如果你能制造一百吨这种药物，但每克的成本是十万美元，这药可能就没什么用，因为没人买得起它。
After 10 years of hard work, he saved up enough money to buy his first car, a cheap one—he wouldn't buy one until he could afford to pay for it without borrowing money.
经过10年的努力工作，他攒够了钱买第一辆车，一辆很便宜的车。除非他不用借钱就能买得起，否则他是不会买的。
很少有人买得起这种奢侈品。
I wish I could afford a car like this.
我希望我能买得起这样一辆车。
Toyota could afford a failure; GM cannot.
因为丰田能承受失败，想在的通用汽车不能。
A car was more than his family could afford.
汽车不是他的家人可以负担得起。
So I bought them when I could afford them.
所以一旦我支付得起的时候，我就买一些。
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