1. But the satisfied customers — mostly women — didn't look like they could afford $3.99 a minute to talk to a psychic on the phone.
    但是这些心满意足的客户--大部分是女性--看上去似乎不愿意支付每分钟3.99美元的电话费来和一个通灵大师在电话里聊天。

2. We can´t afford all that money.
    我们花不起那么多钱。

3. Why do parents give their children too much, or give them things they can't afford? I believe there are several reasons.
    家长为什么要给孩子们那么多的东西？或者要给孩子们买他们买不起的东西？我认为这有好几方面的原因。

4. We don't know about dining cars, and when we discover that this train has such a thing, we can hardly afford to go there once a day on the few dollars that my father has brought with him.
    我们对餐车一无所知，而且当我们发现这辆列车上有这样一个地方时，爸爸随身带来的那几块美元几乎还不够我们一天去那里吃一次。

5. The sales manager, who was quick-witted, replied: "My company cannot afford a two-volume edition, sir, but we could offer you a copy with a preface!"
    头脑灵活的销售经理答道："先生，两卷本公司买不起，不过我们可给你弄一本带‘前言’的！"

6. New laws and police priorities are taking up so much time that many forces simply cannot afford to let their officers walk up and down the streets.
    新的法令和重点警务工作占去了大量时间，结果使得很多警队就是派不出警员上街巡逻。

7. He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.
    他还告诉我，公司支付不起这么庞大的工资开支，

8. As she is not rich, the chances that she will ever be able to afford such purchases are remote;
    由于她并不富裕，她买得起这些服装的可能性十分渺茫。

9. You always want the best, but we can´t afford it. Sometimes you think you´re a millionaire!
    你总是要最好的, 但是我们买不起.有时你认为自己是个百万富翁.

10. Soon they departed, in a borrowed car. With money loaned by the groom's brother, they could afford a honeymoon at a state-park lodge.
    没过多久，新娘新郎坐上借来的汽车离开了家。拿着从新郎的哥哥那里借来的钱，他们可以在国家公园的小旅馆里度蜜月了。