Nowadays many farmers can afford to buy a house in the city.

现在许多农民都买得起城里的房子。

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That's why poor folk can afford to have them.

所以穷人们才买得起它们。

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Television is an expensive medium, and not all advertisers can afford to use it.

电视是一种昂贵的媒介，并不是所有的广告商都能负担得起。

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And,U2's manager says the band has worked hard to make sure tickets are lower in cost than in the past so that fans can afford to attend the shows.

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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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But yeah, I mean, nobody now with...there's no way we can afford to buy now

但是，我想说，现在我们就没办法买得起它了，

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Because they can afford to pay the gatekeeper a hefty fee for recommending the product.

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