高中英語3500基本詞彙,其中蘊含大量的熟詞生義,這些詞變化多端,是英語學習的重點和難點。目前大多數的英語工具書,例句和講解比較簡單,不夠生動。鑑於此,作者精挑細選一些熟詞生義進行另類講解,以圖生動再現單詞的全貌。
afford
前綴af-同ad-, 去,往。詞根ford,向前,同forth. 指資助,推動前進。
1.走上前去(forth)付錢,即能夠買得起。
2.走上前去( forth),提供幫助。
to be able to buy or do something because you have enough money or time
買得起;(有時間)做,能做
When Gerald Rudolph Ford succeeded (繼任) Nixon as President, he was quoted (引用)as saying "I am a Ford, not a Lincoln. My addresses(演講)will never be as eloquent( ['eləkwənt] 雄辯的) as Mr. Lincoln's. But I will do my very best to equal his brevity(簡潔) and his plain speaking." Because ordinary folks(普通百姓) in America could afford to buy a Ford car instead of a Lincoln car,he compared himself to the man of people who was able to work for the people heart and soul.
當傑拉爾德·魯道夫·福特(美國第38屆總統)接替尼克森為美國總統時(由於水門事件下臺),他這樣說道:「我是一個福特(普通車),不是一個林肯(豪華車)。雖然我沒有林肯總統那麼有口才,但我會竭力跟他一樣說話簡潔和樸實無華。」 由於美國普通百姓都能買得起一輛福特,而買不起昂貴的林肯車,因此他把自己比作「人民之子」,能夠全心全意為人們服務。
to allow someone to have something pleasant or necessary
提供;給予
Failure can sometimes afford you an opportunity to reflect on what you have done and determine where you are weak before you begin again more intelligently.
失敗有時給你機會反思自己的所作所為,搞清自己的弱勢,最後機智地東山再起。