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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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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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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