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| | badly 坏地；糟糕地 | I’ m afraid you have been ill informed. 恐怕你消息不够灵通。 | |
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| - | can ill afford sth/to do sth
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| used for saying that someone should definitely not do something because it will cause problems |
| 决不能做某事；难以承担做某事的后果 |
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| We could ill afford another argument with the publisher. 我们决不能再与出版商发生争执。 |
| The soldiers can ill afford to wait another 24 hours before receiving orders. 这些士兵急需接到命令，等不了24个小时了。 |
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