Where in large enterprises, they might be able to afford time and money for green hands’ training and bear the losses bringing about by novices who are unfamiliar with their work.

如果是大公司，它们可能有能力支付生手的培训时间和金钱，也有能力承受生手因不熟悉业务而给公司带来的损失，但是对于绝大部分小公司，它们根本就不愿意或者说无法承受这些。

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She felt she couldn't afford any more time off work.

她觉得再也抽不出时间歇班了。

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We're wasting valuable time, time we can ill afford.

我们是在浪费宝贵的时间，我们浪费不起的时间。

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President Karzai says ambitious plans for a large, modern Afghan army are simply more than the country can afford for a long time.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Regardless of the time wasted, no company can easily afford the time and cost of human resource issues or even liability concerns when employees are faced with unwanted content or personal privacy boundaries are breached.

FORBES: Your Privacy has Gone to the [Angry] Birds

First it was wealthy Westerners who could afford the time and passage to this remote spot in the Indian Ocean.

BBC: Living in: Bali

Dhaka UN Development Programme spokesman Sakil Faizullah says that most working children cannot afford the time to attend regular schooling.

BBC: News - Child cigarette seller defies Dhaka traffic