Only the very wealthy people in Aztec societies could afford to drink chocolate because cacao was so valuable.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Now never mind that our own experience with virgins has failed to afford us such a spectacle of bodily transformation.

没有关系，如果我们关于贞操的知识,之前未能告诉我们如此壮观的身体转换。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

I think I could maybe afford a front door if I work really hard for the rest of my life.

我想如果我下半辈子努力工作的话，我可以买得起一个前门。

怡人的的汉普斯特德 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Chocolate remained a drink that only wealthy people could afford to drink until the eighteenth century.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

And I'll say "how are you" and you say something to the effect that if I could afford a latte in this world, I'm doing well.

我问您最近怎么样，您有一次,说了一句话，大致意思是，如果我能,享受得起一杯拿铁，那一切就还好。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

People can't afford them. That's why we don't really have a malaria vaccine yet, because no one in rich countries really suffers from malaria.

VOA: special.2010.03.29

Once they discovered their moral freedom, once they discovered that they could thwart God and work evil in the world, and abuse and corrupt all that God had created, then God could not afford to allow them access to the tree of life.

一旦他们意识到了，道德自由,一旦他们违背上帝，开始作恶,摧残，腐化，上帝的创造物,上帝便不准他们再接近生命树。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

But jury consultants cost a lot more than most average defendants can afford.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Say Heav'nly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein Afford a present to the Infant God?

天上的神啊，你那神妙的天才,何不献上贡品给这神圣的婴孩？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

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.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

Maybe it's a tradition, maybe it's to keep the value kind of in a familiar range or a small-- they don't want them to get too expensive because people can't-- small investors can't afford them anymore.

也许是传统使然,也许是为了将价值维持在一个惯常的小区间内,他们不想让价格升得太高,因为人们,小投资者无法承担过高价格

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But Pavel Felgenhauer says Russia cannot afford large-scale rearmament either and that Russian authorities have not reconciled this contradiction.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

One is, he can't afford to have his hoplite line outflanked, because if I can come around and take care of this guy from this side, he is engaged with a guy who's right opposite him, I can just kill him no problem at all.

一点是,他不能让方阵的侧翼被包围,因为如果我调转方向,从这边对付他,他正在和正面的敌人交战,我干掉他就是小菜一碟儿

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

President Barack Obama has repeatedly described the conflict in Afghanistan as one that the United States cannot afford to lose.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

So Kurt Russell and his friends attend a small private college, which cannot afford to buy a computer.

所以Kurt，Russell和他的朋友,参加了一个小的私立学院，那里买不起一台电脑。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

However,most agencies can't afford those. You have to have a hangar, it costs quite a bit for maintenance and fuel."

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

So people that are being kicked out of their apartment, or they can't afford a place to live,

所以，针对那些房屋被没收的人，或者是买不起房的人，

我帮助过的人们 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Analysts say the armed forces and its supporters are a political constituency that the Kremlin cannot afford to ignore.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

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。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

This debate is not a game for these Americans, and they cannot afford to wait any longer for reform,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

And it was exciting and interesting, and this device that had all this computational power that any person could afford or start to afford, that was just really interesting to me.

这让人兴奋又很有意思，这个设备有很强的计算能力,而且每个人都买得起或者将会买得起，这对我来说真得很有意思。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

The legislation would require most Americans to purchase health insurance and provide subsidies to those who cannot afford it.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

And that right now we can no longer afford to incarcerate, see, more than two million people, and take them not only out of workforce, but keeping them away from information of knowledge of literacy.

现在，我们已没有能力,去限制两亿人口，让他们，脱离劳动力，让他们脱离信息,知识或文化素养。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

"We have difficult times. We cannot afford everything we wish for if we want to create the future."

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

We agree to be junior partners in absolute rule in exchange for recognizing your supreme authority over us in exchange for the protection that you will afford us."

我们愿意臣服在您的绝对权威之下,我们将视您为无上的权力,作为交换你必须向我们提供保护"

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

"I think this president believes we can't afford not to." Hopes for a bipartisan compromise on health care appear to be fading.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Someone figured out at the median contribution that got you invited to stay a night in the Lincoln bedroom, Bill Gates could afford to stay in the Lincoln bedroom every night for the next sixty six thousand years.

有人算出来,按能受邀在林肯卧室留宿一夜,所需捐款额的中位数计算，比尔·盖茨完全付得起在林肯卧室,住上6万6千年。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

But now, the community has exhausted all the generosity it can afford, and the food is running out.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

But when you look at the bill, it is very expensive and you can't afford to pay that.

但当你看见账单时，你才发现这太贵了，你负担不起。

I can 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But yeah, I think if you can afford it and it's something that's important to you

但是，是的，我想如果你支付得起，并且认为那对你很重要的话，

关于名牌 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人