He said he couldn’t ________ to retire from work and live only on his pension.A.acceptB.demandC.pensateD.afford
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D解析本题意为：他说他不能退休，仅靠退休金无法负担生活费用。pensate弥补，赔偿，pensate sb for sth.因……而赔偿某人；afford担负得起，与can, could, be able to连用，后面跟名词或动词不定式，表示“买得起，付得起”，多用在否定句或疑问句中。