"I think this president believes we can't afford not to." Hopes for a bipartisan compromise on health care appear to be fading.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Once they discovered their moral freedom, once they discovered that they could thwart God and work evil in the world, and abuse and corrupt all that God had created, then God could not afford to allow them access to the tree of life.

一旦他们意识到了，道德自由,一旦他们违背上帝，开始作恶,摧残，腐化，上帝的创造物,上帝便不准他们再接近生命树。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

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。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

And they claim the need for a vaccination is not so great to afford these risks."

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Say Heav'nly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein Afford a present to the Infant God?

天上的神啊，你那神妙的天才,何不献上贡品给这神圣的婴孩？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"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

And that right now we can no longer afford to incarcerate, see, more than two million people, and take them not only out of workforce, but keeping them away from information of knowledge of literacy.

现在，我们已没有能力,去限制两亿人口，让他们，脱离劳动力，让他们脱离信息,知识或文化素养。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

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

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选