idiom(formalcan ill afford)C2If you cannotaffordto do something, you must not do it because it wouldcauseseriousproblemsfor you:承担不起(损失、后果等)We can'taffordto make anymistakesat thisstagein theproject.工程进行到这个阶段,犯任何错误我们都承担不起后果。He canillaffordtofailany of hisexams.任何一门考试不通过,他都担负不起。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesDeteriorating and making worse
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aggravate
backslide
be (all) downhillidiom
debase
deterioration
devaluation
devalue
disintegrate
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downgrade
one step forward, two steps backidiom
regress
regression
regressive
relapse
retrograde
worse
worsen
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