somebody can ill afford (to do) something

HARM/BE BAD FORto be unable to do or have something without making the situation you are in very difficult 某人难以承担(做)某事的后果

I was losing weight which I could ill afford to lose.

我的体重在减轻，我已轻得不能再轻了。

Most gamblers can ill afford their habit.

大多数赌徒都承担不起赌博这个恶习所带来的后果。

Examples from the Corpus

somebody can ill afford (to do) something• Often it is something they can ill afford.• Surely it would be a drain on Party resources that it can ill afford.• The senator can ill afford another scandal.• If land is not suitable for efficient farming, we can ill afford it being used for inefficient agriculture.• There may be no alternative to leave of absence, even though the nurse can ill afford the loss of income.• Many of them are in fact very poor and can ill afford their habit.• Sotheby's can ill afford to have its auction prices called into question.• Yet it is an area which practitioners can ill afford to ignore.• It does not make sense to squander important resources that the nation can ill afford to lose.

→ somebody can ill afford (to do) something at ill2(1)

单词	somebody can ill afford (to do) something
释义	somebody can ill afford (to do) something somebody can ill afford (to do) something HARM/BE BAD FORto be unable to do or have something without making the situation you are in very difficult 某人难以承担(做)某事的后果 I was losing weight which I could ill afford to lose. 我的体重在减轻，我已轻得不能再轻了。 Most gamblers can ill afford their habit. 大多数赌徒都承担不起赌博这个恶习所带来的后果。 Examples from the Corpus somebody can ill afford (to do) something• Often it is something they can ill afford.• Surely it would be a drain on Party resources that it can ill afford.• The senator can ill afford another scandal.• If land is not suitable for efficient farming, we can ill afford it being used for inefficient agriculture.• There may be no alternative to leave of absence, even though the nurse can ill afford the loss of income.• Many of them are in fact very poor and can ill afford their habit.• Sotheby's can ill afford to have its auction prices called into question.• Yet it is an area which practitioners can ill afford to ignore.• It does not make sense to squander important resources that the nation can ill afford to lose. → somebody can ill afford (to do) something at ill2(1)
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