English-Czech translations for afford
- dovolitŽeny si však nemohou dovolit čekat, a stejně tak si to nemůže dovolit ani svět. But women cannot afford to wait; the world cannot afford to wait. To si už nemůžeme dále dovolit. We cannot afford this any more. Nemůžeme si dovolit takový odliv mozků. We cannot afford this brain drain.
- dovolit si
- dovolovatJinými slovy by měl umožňovat, aby právo bylo vykonáváno; měl by to dovolovat mnoha lidem, protože musíme jasně určit, kolik zemí, jaké podíly, jaký bude systém podpisů. In other words, that it should allow that right to be exercised; that it should afford it to many people, because we need to specify how many countries, what percentages, what systems of signatures.
- dovolovat si
Definition of afford
- To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious;—with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough
- To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury
- To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue
- To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish
Examples
- I think we can afford the extra hour it will take. We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment
- A affords his goods cheaper than B
- Grapes afford wine. Olives afford oil. The earth affords fruit. The sea affords an abundant supply of fish
- A good life affords consolation in old age
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