afford to spend

He can 't afford to spend money on luxuries since his salary is low .

因为他的工资低，所以买不起奢侈品。

We can 't afford to spend that kind of money .

我们不能把钱花在这种事情上。

I can 't afford to spend any more on food .

：付得起；能承�用在食物上的钱，再多一点儿我也花不起了。

We can 't afford to spend time with them on the race .

我们不能总是和他们在一起比赛。

lifestyle , rather than how much you can afford to spend on products .

健康取决于生活方式，而不是你能够花多少钱在美容商品上。

I can only afford to spend a few hours on it .

在这个问题上我只耗得起几个小时。

Well , I can 't afford to spend a whole day lobbying on the Hill .

我没法一整天在国会拉票

And we can definitely afford to spend it .

再说我们也完全承担得起这笔费用。

I do not thought I can afford to spend so much money for this jewel .

我看我没有那么多钱买这个珠宝饰物。

I think we can afford to spend a little more on college buildings and dormitories .

再拿出一点钱建校舍和宿舍，我看也可以拿得出来。

I 'm saving up for a summer vacaion and can 't afford to spend any money these days !

因为我正在存钱准备暑期旅游，最近可不能乱花钱！

You can afford to spend at least an hour working on big , important tasks rather than on all those little urgent ones .

你至少要花一个小时在重大的事情上，而不是把时间都花在这些紧急的琐事上。

As with most health benefits , it comes down to lifestyle , rather than how much you can afford to spend on products .

获得最大的健康之益这个目标成为了人们的生活方式，而他们从不去考虑能为购买这些产品负担多少。

Chinese new year is a busy time for the taxi industry , and the couple cannot afford to spend the weeklong holiday back home .

农历新年是出租车行业的旺季，夫妇俩承受不起在老家度过整个黄金周假期的代价。

If we had ten lives , we might be able to afford to spend one of them merely on pleasure or in making money .

若我们有十条命，也许浪费一条也无所谓，可以去吃喝玩乐，或者拚命赚钱也无妨。

The government is already borrowing up to the hilt , so it can 't afford to spend any more .

政府已大量举债，因此它不能负担更多开销了。

I have got ten pounds more than I expected to have , and consequently I can afford to spend it without being particular .

我意外地多得了十英镑，所以大可不必斤斤计较，随便把它花掉好了。

But how can developing countries , who are struggling to provide the basics to their people , afford to spend on research with no immediate applications ?

但是那些还在努力为其人民提供衣食的发展中国家如何能负担得起没有直接应用价值的研究？

If you are to grapple with the difficult process of thinking in writing , I cannot afford to spend time reminding you of formal rules .

如果说你为思考写作的困难过程而抓狂，我不能忍受的是，再花时间提醒你写作的规范。

Is it possible that Christians can say that they cannot afford to spend a quarter or half an hour alone with God and His Word ?

身为基督徒怎麽可能每天拨不出十五分钟，或半个钟头与上帝对话谈心？

There are a host of websites and magazines for entrepreneurs , but no one who works for themselves can afford to spend hours a day surfing .

有很多网站和杂志适合企业家浏览，但自主创业的人都不可能每天花好几个小时上网。

But many have said that the United States simply cannot afford to spend the money on foreign aid at a time when the nation is $ 14 trillion in debt .

但是不少人表示，当美国深陷14万亿债务的时候，根本没有能力把钱花在对外援助上。

As one of the wealthiest places on Earth , it possesses one of the strongest economies around and can afford to spend freely on improving services for its residents .

新加坡作为地球上最富裕、经济实力最雄厚的国家之一，在为子民提高服务方面“遍地开花”。

Similarly , American writer Andrew Solomon ( whose ultra-HNWI father Howard was a pharmaceutical mogul ) could afford to spend 11 years writing his book Far From the Tree .

类似的，美国作家安德鲁•所罗门（AndrewSolomon）或许有条件花费11年撰写他的著作《那些与众不同的孩子》（FarFromtheTree），他的父亲霍华德（Howard）是一位超高净值人士、一位医药业大亨。

However a student is supposed to have laid a foundation for his life career by the time he finishes his study at university , so he can 't afford to spend his time casually .

大学阶段在一个人的一生中处于基础和关键阶段，是大学生作为“学生人”走向社会和参加工作转换的桥梁。

It is ironic that just as the best brains have something valuable to say , companies cannot afford to spend on the short executive programmes that could help them manage through the crisis .

具有讽刺意味的是，在这些最有学识的教授准备讲述一些有价值的内容时，企业却负担不起可能会帮助他们度过危机的短期管理课程的费用。

I give up and wander into the kitchen , where I sit down at the table and sketch out how much I can afford to spend on Italian or American sunglasses .

我没办法了，走进厨房，坐在桌子旁边，心里琢磨我能花多少钱买一个意大利或者美国太阳镜。

In the sample room one can afford to spend a little more time on pressing operations , whereas in production , the time allowed for this may be limited according to the quality and cost of the garment .

在样品室价钱可以多花点时间在熨烫上，但在生产中，按照衣服的质量与成本核算所允许的时间也许是有限的。

" I couldn 't afford to spend the first honeymoon overseas two years ago , then I chose Shenzhen ," Zhang recalled . " Paris and Florence were only a dream . "

“两年前我没钱去国外渡蜜月，因此去了深圳，”小张回忆说。“巴黎和佛罗伦萨一直是我的向往的地方。”

Yet its very scale means those jockeying to be captain of the ship can afford to spend their entire time backstabbing , stealing credit from rivals and waging turf wars .

但它的规模也意味着，那些不择手段想要当上“船长”的人，可以把所有的时间都花在耍阴谋、抢功劳和争地盘上。