四级Rather, with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn't afford to divorce.

相反，随着收入的下降和工作的不安全，不幸福的夫妇往往无力离婚。

四级The implication is a sharp decline in global trade, which has plunged partly because oilproducing nations can't afford to import as much as they used to.

这意味着全球贸易将急剧下降，部分原因是产油国不能像过去那样大量进口石油。

六级They cannot afford the high tuition.

他们付不起高昂的学费。

六级He cannot afford to have a coffee break.

他喝不起咖啡休息。

六级They can afford to choose easier majors in order to enjoy themselves.

为了享受生活，他们可以选择更容易的专业。

四级Once driverless cars are actually for sale, the early adopters will be the people who can afford to buy them.

一旦无人驾驶汽车真正上市销售，早期采用者将是有能力购买的人。

六级Over the next few months, I realized not only could I not afford my dream school, I couldn't even afford the ones where I'd been accepted.

在接下来的几个月里，我意识到我不仅负担不起我梦想中的学校，甚至连我被录取的学校都负担不起。

四级They can only afford small apartments.

他们只能买得起小公寓。

六级If you can afford to buy prestige, that's your choice.

如果你买得起prestige，那就是你的选择。

六级He can't afford to go traveling yet.

他还没有钱去旅行。

高考The poor could hardly afford school education.

穷人几乎负担不起学校教育。

四级Pay has always been the biggest deterrent, as people with families often feel they cannot afford the drop in salary when moving to a university job.

工资一直是最大的威慑因素，因为有家庭的人往往觉得他们无法承受大学工作时工资的下降。

六级University education is becoming attractive to students who can afford it.

大学教育对负担得起的学生越来越有吸引力。

四级As smaller cities copy the model of these 24-hour cities, more affordable versions of these places will be created.

随着小城市效仿这些24小时营业的城市模式，这些地方将创造出更实惠的版本。

六级She was astonished by the professional possibilities afforded to young American woman.

她对年轻的美国妇女所能获得的职业机会感到惊讶。

四级Generally, young women have had growing success in the paid labor market since 1960 and hence might increasingly be expected to be able to afford to live independently of their parents.

一般来说，自1960年以来，年轻妇女在有报酬的劳动力市场上取得了越来越大的成功，因此，人们可能越来越期望她们能够独立于父母生活。

六级And the New Yorkers who spent a bundle on an outdoor hot tub now admit they rarely use it, because we can’t afford to heat it in winter.

纽约人花了一大笔钱买了一个室外热水浴盆，现在他们承认他们很少使用它，因为我们负担不起冬天的取暖费用。

四级Most people couldn't afford to do otherwise.

大多数人都负担不起这样做。

六级The message to young people who might not otherwise be able to afford to break into the business is, "You can purchase this $3 million piece of land here, because I'm guaranteeing you today you'll have 1, 000 Bison on it."

对年轻人来说，如果不是这样的话，他们可能无法进入这个行业，“你可以在这里购买这片价值300万美元的土地，因为我向你保证，今天你会有1000头野牛。”

六级They cannot afford the time and expenses of rearing children.

他们负担不起抚养孩子的时间和费用。

四级Few people can afford it without working hard.

很少有人不努力工作就能负担得起。

考研Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainability when they can't afford not to.

虚荣是永恒的；人们只有在负担不起的时候才会开始更可持续地购物。

四级To those Americans for whom money is a concern, my advice is simple: Buy what you can afford, and cook it yourself.

对那些关心金钱的美国人来说，我的建议很简单：买你能买得起的，自己煮。

六级While the practice carries serious health risks for many, those dangers are outweighed by the social and economic gains for poor urban farmers and consumers who need affordable food.

虽然这种做法对许多人带来了严重的健康风险，但城市贫困农民和需要负担得起的食品的消费者的社会和经济收益超过了这些风险。

高考She ran at the school championships barefooted because she couldn't afford shoes.

她光着脚参加学校锦标赛，因为她买不起鞋。

六级But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable After being dogged by technical delays for years, Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a SpaceShipTwo craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015.

但最近，维珍银河公司的创始人理查德·布兰森爵士（Sir Richard Branson）最近表示，最早将于2015年2月搭载第一批付费客户的宇宙飞船二号（Spaceship Two）飞船，由于多年来一直受到技术延迟的困扰，各公司已开始计划推出更实惠的产品。

四级Well, I guess I'd sell my watch or computer or do some odd jobs till I could afford a return plane ticket.

嗯，我想我会卖掉手表或电脑，或者做些零工，直到我买得起回程机票。

考研When the competitive environment pushed our ancestors to achieve that potential, they could in turn afford more education.

当竞争环境促使我们的祖先实现这一潜力时，他们反过来可以负担得起更多的教育。

六级Meanwhile, pupils arrive at school hungry because their families can't afford breakfast.

与此同时，学生们饿着肚子来到学校，因为他们的家人买不起早餐。

考研Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they can’t afford not to.

虚荣是永恒的；人们只有在买不起东西的时候才会开始更可持续地购物。

四级The implication is a sharp decline in global trade, which has plunged partly because oil-producing nations can't afford to import as much as they used to.

这意味着全球贸易将急剧下降，部分原因是产油国无法承担过去那样多的进口。

高考It was also much more than we could afford, but far less than the original asking price.

这也超出了我们的承受能力，但远低于最初的要价。

四级And my university classmates are arranging a trip to vi sit our old campus, and I'd love to go with them, but I can't afford both.

我的大学同学正在安排一次去老校园的旅行，我很想和他们一起去，但两个我都负担不起。

四级Politicians who thoughtlessly promoted home-ownership for those who could not afford it?

那些轻率地为那些买不起房子的人推销房屋所有权的政客们？

考研It could make extra training and instruction affordable.

它可以让额外的培训和指导变得更加实惠。