1、promise

承诺；保证；答应

The post office has promised to resume first class mail delivery to the area on Friday.

邮局承诺于星期五恢复对这个地区第一类邮件的递送。

He had promised that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment.

他已经保证富人和特权阶层不会再得到优惠待遇。

答应给予；承诺给予；保证让…得到

In 1920 the great powers promised them an independent state.

1920年，列强承诺让他们成为一个独立的国家。

The officers promise a return to multiparty rule.

这些官员承诺恢复多党统治。

诺言；承诺；保证

If you make a promise, you should keep it.

如果做出了承诺，就应该遵守。

The program has lived up to its promise to promote family welfare.

这个项目恪守了其改善家庭福利的承诺。

2、afford

买得起；负担得起

My parents can't even afford a new refrigerator.

我父母甚至买不起一台新冰箱。

The arts should be available to more people at prices they can afford.

艺术品应该以人们能够承受的价格面向更多的人出售。

经得住；承受得起

We can't afford to wait.

我们等不起。

The country could not afford the luxury of an election.

该国负担不起选举这样奢侈的事。

提供；给予

This affords us the opportunity to ask questions about how the systems might change.

这给我们提供了就系统可能如何改变进行提问的机会。

It was a cold room, but it afforded a fine view of the Old City.

这房间虽然很冷，但是它能让人将古城的景致尽收眼底。