1·He could not afford luxury food on his pay.
靠自己的工资他买不起奢侈的食品。
2·The question is, do you have a few thousand people who can afford luxury?
问题是你是否拥有一千个可以承受奢侈品的人?
3·People who cannot afford luxury watches want something to give them some comfort.
无力购买高档手表的人需要其它东西来给自己一些安慰。
4·Therefore, it can not become public consumption, only a handful of people can afford luxury goods.
所以,它不可能成为大众消费,只是极少数人可以承担的奢侈品。
5·But it is arguably even more upsetting to those super-rich folk who have long been able to afford luxury, and may in one crucial respect even regard it as a necessity.
但毋庸置疑,这种的趋势让那些能够长期承受高消费的超富人士十分沮丧。关键是,人们可能会将这些产品视为普通用品。
6·A week by the sea is a luxury they can no longer afford.
去海边一周成了一种奢侈,他们再也负担不起。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
7·Furthermore, many people believed that getting a divorce was a luxury that only the rich could afford.
此外,许多人认为离婚是只有富人才能负担得起的奢侈品。
8·Few could afford the luxury.
很少有人买得起这种奢侈品。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
9·The approach to R&D is changing because long-term research was a luxury only a monopoly could afford.
研发的方式正在改变,因为长期研究在过去是只有垄断企业能搞得起的奢侈活动。
10·It's a luxury not everyone can afford, but even when I had a day job I would find ways to sneak into a back room and take a power nap of 20 minutes.
并不是每个人都能有如此的奢侈,但是即使我一天都有工作,我也会找机会溜进里屋,打盹20分钟养足精神。