afford是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 付得起; 冒险; 供给，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I wish I could afford to be as liberal as you; and, as you say, he might pay it back if he won and if he lost ''You're not to take that into consideration at all,' said Jowl.
-- The schoolmaster received this communication with perfect cheerfulness, observing that he had a day to spare two days for that matter and could very well afford to wait.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The only purpose these things served, he thought, was to afford the servants an opportunity of exercise.
-- You want to see the political prisoner, and you all sorrow for him, and the soldier on guard will surely take money, because he has a family, and his salary amounts to something less than nothing; he cannot afford to refuse.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He called them all the fools and dolts you can imagine, said it was necessary I should talk to the doctor, fluttered the chart in their faces, asked them if they could afford to break the treaty the very day they were bound a-treasure-hunting.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They followed the shape of the room, terminating at the lower part in huge divans, covered with brown leather, which were curved, to afford the greatest comfort.
-- "Did your study in the Museum afford you such perfect quiet?"
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was materialistic enough, if you like ""It could afford to be materialistic," said Birkin, "because it had the power to be something other which we haven't.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I exclaimed, assuming the cheerful; 'and I fear I shall be weather bound for half an hour, if you can afford me shelter during that space.
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