This magazine has considerable financial muscle and can afford to pay top journalists.这家杂志财力雄厚，能雇得起顶尖的记者。People gain valuable work experience and, in addition, employers can afford to employ them.人们可获得宝贵的工作经验，而且雇主们也能雇得起他们。Nowadays few working parents can afford a housekeeper.如今很少有工作的父母雇得起女管家的。