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Even so, many young people cannot afford to pay the expenses of fulltime college work.

文章讨论的是在美国上学的大学生们得自己打工以支付上学费用。

But with the pint-size vehicles now accounting for a growing market share, the big players can't afford to stay on the sidelines.

但是随著这种小型机动车的市场占有率不断增加，大生产商无法承受不参与其中所带来的损失。

They complain that moneylenders advance only a fraction of the item's value. And, with an interest rate of 30% a month, they can rarely afford to redeem their collateral.

他们抱怨说放债人借出的钱比抵押品的价值要低的多，另外由于每个月30%的利率，他们基本上不可能赎回自己的抵押品。

They complain that moneylenders advance only a fraction of the item's value. And, with an interest rate of 30% a month, they can rarely afford to redeem their collateral.

他们抱怨贷款人仅预先支付了一小部分典当物的钱，每月还收30%利息，这使他们几乎不能赎回抵押物品。

Collect on deliveryShe could not afford to pay for the coat all at once, so she used the lay– away plan.

她买这件衣服一次付不起全款，因此她采用分几次付款付清后才取货的方法。

We can't afford to do a half-assed job of advertising.

我们不能对广告工作不尽全力。

Vegetarianism is such a growing movement, restaurateurs can't afford to ignore it.

素食主义就是这样一个日益增长的运动，餐馆不能忽视它。

Suburbanites can't vote in city elections, so Bloomberg can afford to be unsympathetic.

由于郊区人无权参加纽约市长竞选，所以布隆伯格就敢对他们不表同情了。

Well, I didn't know they could afford to hire supermodels here.

我不知道这家店还请得起超级模特来工作呢

Supermarkets can afford to retail cigarettes at a couple of pence below the price charged by most tobacconists.

超级市场能以比烟草制品零售商少收几便士的价格零售香烟。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷