As she is not rich, the chances that she will ever be able to afford such purchases are remote; but she is never sufficiently strongrminded to be able to stop the practice.EVER在這里是什么意思，起什么作用？

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ever 任何時候因為她不富裕了，她將來任何時候都買不起這件東西，但是她從來都沒有充足的信念阻止這件事的發生。