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They couldn't afford to pay the bills...是什么意思？

They couldn't afford to pay the bills...

他们无力支付这些账单。

相关词汇
they afford to pay the bills

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；

afford

vt. 买得起，担负得起，提供，给予；

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

pay

vt.& vi. 付款，偿还，补偿，（对…）有利；vt. 给予，支付；n. 工资，薪水，报答；adj. 收费的，需付费的；

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

bills

n. 账单( bill的名词复数 )，钞票，清单，广告；
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