2021-04-13
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – afford & accord
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง afford = ‘uh-FAWRD’ or ‘uh-FOHRD’
ออกเสียง accord = ‘uh-KAWRD’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for afford
GIVE, PRESENT, DONATE, BESTOW, CONFER, AFFORD
meanto convey to another as a possession.
GIVE, the general term, is applicable to any passing over of anything
by any means.
give alms
gave her a ride on a pony
give my love to your mother
PRESENT carries a note of formality and ceremony.
present an award
DONATE is likely to imply a publicized giving (as to charity).
donate a piano to the orphanage
BESTOW implies the conveying of something as a gift
and may suggest condescension on the part of the giver.
bestow unwanted advice
CONFER implies a gracious giving (as of a favor or honor).
confer an honorary degree
AFFORD implies a giving or bestowing usually as a naturalor legitimate consequence of the character of the giver.
the trees afford shade
a development that affords us some hope
Choosethe Right Synonym for accord
Verb
GRANT, CONCEDE, VOUCHSAFE, ACCORD, AWARD
mean to give as a favor or a right.
GRANT implies giving to a claimant or petitioner something that could be withheld.
granted them a new hearing
CONCEDE implies yielding something reluctantly in response to a rightful or compelling claim.
even her critics concede she can be charming
VOUCHSAFE implies granting something as a courtesy or an act of graciouscondescension.
vouchsafed the secret to only a few chosen disciples
ACCORD implies giving to another what is due or proper.
accorded all the honors befitting a head of state
AWARD implies giving what is deserved or merited usually after a careful weighing of pertinent factors.
awarded the company a huge defense contract
Did You Know?
A new federal lawmay accord with—or be in accordance with
—the guidelines that a company has already established.
The rowdy behavior of the hero Beowulf accords with Norse ideals of the early Middle Ages; but such behavior wouldn't have been in accordance with the ideals of a later young lord from the same general region, Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet.
Accord is also a noun, meaning "agreement".
Thus, we often hear of two countries signing a peace accord;
and we also frequently hear
of two things or peoplebeing "in accord with" each other.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Terms of 'Agreement'
Accord
Accord appears in Old English with the meaning "to reconcile"
or"to bring into agreement,"
which was borrowed from its Anglo-French etymon, acorder,
a word related to Latin concordāre, meaning "to agree."
This original senseof accord is transitive,
and in modern Englishit still occurs but infrequently.
Its transitive sense"to grant or give as appropriate, due, or earned"
—as in "The teacher's students accord her respect"
—is more often encountered.
So. your hope for any new president
—small tests come that are successfully met.
And then they feel good inside,
they get larger and then they move on to the larger crises.
But crises don't accord themselves to presidential needs.
— Doris Kearns Goodwin, quoted on NBC, 24 Dec. 2000
In according themselves with Title IX, schools are often faced with two choices: adding women's opportunities or cutting men's.
As most schools are finding out, abiding by Title IX often means both.
— Daniel Roberts, The Montana Kaimin (University of Montana), 22 Oct. 1997
On the flip side, the verb's intransitive sense
"to be consistentor in harmony"
(which is usually used with with)
is frequently found,
as in"The testimony did not accord with the known facts"
or"His plans for the company did not accord with other investors."
The noun accord has the meaning "agreement" or "conformity."
It often occurs in legal, business, or political contexts
where it is synonymous with treaty
and other similar words for formal agreement.
Collins COBUILD English Usage
afford
If you can afford something,
you have enough money to buy it.
If you can't afford something,
you don't have enough money to buy it.
It's too expensive – we can't afford it.
Do you think one day we'll be able to afford a new sofa?
Afford is almost always used with can, could, or be able to.
Be Careful!
Don't say that someone 'affords' something.
Don't say, for example, 'We afforded a new television'.
Say 'We were able to afford a new television'.
You say that someone can afford to have something
or can afford to do something.
Imagine a situation where everybody can afford to have a car.
I can't afford to rent this flat.
Be Careful!
Don't say that someone 'can afford having' something
or 'can afford doing' something.
Be Careful!
Don't use a passive form of afford.
Don't say that something 'can be afforded'.
Instead, you say that people can afford it.
We need to build houses that people can afford.
Collins COBUILD English Usage
accord
If you do something of your own accord,
you do it freely and because you want to do it.
She knew they would leave of their own accord.
Be Careful!
You must use 'bown' in sentences like these.
You do not say, for example, 'She had gone of her accord'.
Be Careful!
You also do not say that someone does something 'on' their own accord.
