afford
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other…To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
» I can't afford to buy that.
Мне на это не хватит денег.
Я не можу собі дозволити це купити.
Meaning
4 sensesTo incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
I think we can afford the extra hour it will take. We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.
sich leisten, imstande sein
позволя́ть себе́pozvoljátʹ sebé, позво́лить себе́pozvólitʹ sebé, быть в состоя́нииbytʹ v sostojánii
дозволя́ти собі́dozvoljáty sobí, бу́ти спромо́жнимbúty spromóžnym
(rare)To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
Grapes afford wine. Olives afford oil. The earth affords fruit. The sea affords an abundant supply of fish.
To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
A good life affords consolation in old age.
(obsolete)To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.
Alfred affords his goods cheaper than Bantock.
gewähren
предоставля́тьpredostavljátʹ, предоста́витьpredostávitʹ
надава́тиnadaváty, нада́тиnadáty
- be able to spare or give up
- have the financial means to do something or buy something
- be the cause or source of
Examples
1017 sentencesI can't afford to buy that.
Я не можу собі дозволити це купити.
ruМне на это не хватит денег.
I can't afford to play tennis.
Я можу собі дозволити пограти в теніс.
deIch kann es mir nicht leisten, Tennis zu spielen.
I can't afford a new car.
Я не можу собі дозволити нову машину.
ruЯ не могу позволить себе новый автомобиль.
deIch kann mir kein neues Auto leisten.
He can't afford a new car.
Він не має грошей на нове авто.
ruОн не может позволить себе новую машину.
deEr hat nicht das Geld für ein neues Auto.
I can't afford to pay you.
Я не можу собі дозволити заплатити тобі.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English afforthen, aforthen, avorthien, from earlier iforthen, iforthien, ȝefoFrom Middle English afforthen, aforthen, avorthien, from earlier iforthen, iforthien, ȝeforthien, from Old English forþian, ġeforþian (“to further, accomplish, afford”), from Proto-Germanic *furþōną, from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth, forward”), equivalent to a- + forth. Cognate with Old Norse forða (“to forward oneself, save oneself, escape danger”), Icelandic forða (“to save, rescue”).
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Forms
affords, affording, afforded, affordedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- can't afford to
- can't afford
- afford to buy
- can afford to
- can't afford a
- able to afford
- could afford to
- afford to pay
- afford to lose
- afford to take
- afford a new
- afford to live