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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Previously, only the elite could afford to surround themselves with spells.
在此之前，只有上层才买得起咒符环绕其身。
The increased demand caused food prices to spike beyond what locals in Niger could afford.
对粮食需求的增加使得粮食价格飙涨，以致尼日尔当地民众都买不起了。
Now the standard of living was much higher, and people could buy cars if they could afford them.
如今，人们的生活水平比以前高多了，人们若是买得起就可以买。
He had just been to look at an apartment and he was considering how he could afford the rent.
他刚刚去看过一套公寓，他在考虑如何能付得起房租。
Older people who would like to retire and would do so if they could afford it should get some help.
如果他们能够担负得起，老人当然愿意退休，他们应该得到一些帮助。
The approach to R&D is changing because long-term research was a luxury only a monopoly could afford.
研发的方式正在改变，因为长期研究在过去是只有垄断企业能搞得起的奢侈活动。
"I was still pretty young, and I could afford to figure out what road I was going down," he says.
我仍旧很年轻，我能承担起走错路付出的代价。
Now, quite passive investors could afford to risk capital—but only what they chose—with entrepreneurs.
现在，保守的投资者也可以对他们选择的企业进行风险投资。
We feel her pain, even though we suspect she could afford to hire a ghost writer to pen the pages.
虽然按照财力她是可以找了一个代笔作家的，但是此刻我们可以感觉到她内心的痛苦。
He says that he wishes he could afford some steak, but it is better than leaving fertile ground untended.
他说希望自己能买得起一些牛排，但无论如何，他现在这样做总比任由沃土荒芜要强。
We have a large number in the house and were keen to make them energy-efficient if we could afford it.
我们的房屋有很多窗户，如果能负担得起，我们非常希望把窗户都改造成节能型的。
We have a large number in the house and were keen to make them energy-efficient if we could afford it.
我们的房屋有很多窗户，如果能负担得起，我们非常希望把窗户都改造成节能型的。
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