| 正面 | 1857.afford 英 [ə'fɔːd]美 [ə'fɔrd]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 在希腊罗马神话中，大洋河流之神俄刻阿诺斯（希腊语中写作“Ôkeanos”，拉丁语中写作“Oceanus”）是天神乌拉诺斯和地神该亚的儿子，12泰坦神之一。他娶了妹妹泰西斯（Téthys）为妻，后者为他生了三千个海洋女仙（Océanides）。在表现俄刻阿诺斯的形象时，人们往往将其刻画成一个从容不迫地立于惊涛骇浪中、被众多海怪所簇拥的白胡子老头。1112年，“oceanus”一词写作“occean”。1160年，“occean”演变为“océan”，被用来指称地球表面的大片咸水域。vt. 给予，提供；买得起n. (Afford)人名；(英)阿福德 例句： 1. They could not afford to spoil those maps by careless colouring.若是上色的时候不小心弄坏了那些地图，他们可承担不起。 afford 提供前缀af-同ad-, 去，往。词根ford,向前，同forth. 指资助，推动前进。 affordafford: [OE] This verb originally meant ‘accomplish, fulfil’. In Old English times it was geforthian, formed from the prefix ge-, denoting completion of an action, and forthian ‘advance towards completion’ or literally ‘further’ (from the adverb forth). The notion of accomplishing something or managing something gradually led, by the 15th century, to the idea of being able to do something because one has enough money.Meanwhile, the original ge- prefix, which by Middle English times had become i- (iforthien), had been transformed into af- under the influence of the many Latin-based words beginning in aff-, and in the 16th century spellings with final d in place of th start to appear.=> forthafford (v.)Middle English aforthen, from Old English geforðian "to put forth, contribute; further, advance; carry out, accomplish," from ge- completive prefix (see a- (1)) + forðian "to further," from forð "forward, onward" (see forth). Change of -th- to -d- took place late 16c. (and also transformed burthen and murther into their modern forms). Prefix shift to af- took place 16c. under mistaken belief that it was a Latin word in ad-. Notion of "accomplish" (late Old English) gradually became "be able to bear the expense of, have enough money" to do something (late 14c.). Older sense is preserved in afford (one) an opportunity. Related: Afforded; affording." |