"I know some question whether we can afford to act this year. But the unmistakable truth is that it would be irresponsible to not act.

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

That is to say not even the best city on Aristotle's account can afford to be without a foreign policy.

这也就说明,就算是亚里士多德笔中的最佳之城,也承受不起没有外交政策的后果。

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Would you be happy if you could afford to buy lots of brand-name products?

如果你买得起很多名牌产品，你会觉得幸福吗？

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He says the people here are poor. The middlemen would be free to continue selling to them if it was at a price they could afford.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Then you really won't be able to afford to stay alive.

说不定你连活下去都很困难

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So 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.

虽然你能制造一百吨药,但每克药得十万美元,这药就没什么用,因为没人能用得起它

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in such a way that after the rates were raised, they likely couldn't afford to pay the mortgage anymore or they'd be under great stress in trying to do so.

这种“引逗利率，以至于到后来他们没有能力偿还贷款,或者为了还贷给生活造成巨大压力。

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The idea is that people who don't have much money can't afford expensive lawyers and they can't figure it out and they really shouldn't be investing in hedge funds.

那些钱不足以支付昂贵律师费,无法解决资金问题的人,实在不该投资对冲基金

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In 1988, we asked people in Los Angeles, are you worried that unless I buy now I won't be able to afford a house in the future?

如果在1988年问洛杉矶居民,你担不担心,如果现在不买房,以后恐怕会买不起

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So, you're having a good year this year maybe-- it looks that way now-- and you think you can't afford it, but just think how bad it will be if it's a bad year.

也许对你来说,今年年景不错,起码现在看起来是这样的,你只是觉得买不起保险,那么一旦歉收,你的处境会有多糟呢

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