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1. We can afford to overlook minor offences.
   我们可以不计较小过。
2. I can't afford to spend any more on food.
   用在食物上的钱，再多一点儿我也花不起了。
3. You can ill afford to criticize others when you behave so badly yourself.
   本身行为不正，则不宜批评别人。
4. If he can afford a luxury yacht, then a fortiori he can afford to pay his debts.
   他若能买得起豪华的快艇，就更能匀出钱来还债了。
5. She rationalized her decision to abandon her baby by saying she could not afford to keep it.
   她为抛弃婴儿事辩称自己抚养不起。
6. Now you've been left some money you can afford to live it up a bit.
   既然留有这些钱，你就可以痛快享受一番了。
7. We can't afford to have all this expensive machinery lying idle.
   让所有这些机器闲置着，我们可负担不起损失。
8. No country can afford to neglect education.
   任何国家都不容忽视教育。