afford

v. 买得起；有（时间）做某事；承担得起；<正式>提供，给予

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n. （Afford）（英、美）阿福德（人名）

I can afford it, but only just.这东西我刚好买得起。

He could barely afford the fare.他几乎付不起车费。

Can we afford a new car?我们买得起一辆新车吗？

drawback

n. 缺点，不利条件；出口退税

The main drawback to it is the cost.它的主要缺点是成本高。

This is the one major drawback of the new system.这是新系统的一大弊端。

He felt the apartment's only drawback was that it was too small.他感觉这个公寓惟一的缺点就是太小。

elusive

adj. 难以理解的，难以记住的；难以发现的，难以捕获的

Smell, however, is a highly elusive phenomenon.然而，气味是一种非常难以捉摸的现象。

Both of us are biologists, so we swerved to talk about the elusive chameleon.我俩都是生物学家，便转而去讨论这难以捉摸的变色龙。

Even if these peripheral details are a bit elusive, they come back readily in hypnosis or when we relive the event imaginatively, as in psychodrama.即使这些边缘的细节有点难以捉摸，但当我们处于催眠状态中或在脑海里重温该事件时，它们很容易被记起，比如在心理剧中。

cuckoo

n. 布谷鸟；杜鹃鸟；傻子；咕咕声

adj. 愚笨的；疯狂的

vi. 学杜鹃叫

vt. 不停地重复

The cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds' nests.杜鹃在其他鸟的巢中产蛋。

A reed warbler is feeding a baby cuckoo.一只苇莺正在喂养小杜鹃。

Sin, like the cuckoo bird, has an insatiable appetite, and it tries to take over our lives.罪恶，就像布谷鸟一样，有着贪得无厌的欲望，它试图控制我们的生活。

statute

n. 法令，法规，成文法；（组织或机构的）规章

Corporal punishment was banned by statute in 1987.1987年通过的法令明文禁止体罚。

The new statute covers the care for, raising, and protection of children.这项新法令涵盖了儿童的照料、养育和保护。

The statute of limitations on crimes other than homicide is five years, so Reyes cannot be prosecuted for the attack.除杀人罪以外的罪行的诉讼时效为5年，所以雷耶斯不能因为那次袭击被起诉。

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