英语释义

• average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing);

  "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation"

片语

cost of living escalators劳资合约中会包含按生活指数调整条款

cost of living wage生活费工资制

basic cost of living基本生活费

cost of living insurance生活费保险

cost-of living index生活费指数

theoretical cost of living理论生活费

Low cost of living生活费用低

cost of living adjustment[经] 生活费调整

Cost of Living Calculator住宿花费计算器

英汉例句

• in many of the smaller cities, where the cost of living is considerably lower, us-style fast food is often considered a luxury.

  在许多小城市，那里的生活费用是相当低的，美国式的快餐店，往往被认为是一种奢侈。

• but crime, the cost of living and the problem of housing have all worsened substantially since mr chávez came to power, he says.

  但是他说：犯罪、生活费用和住房问题自查韦斯先生上台之后实际上全部变得更糟糕了。

• 「everybody used to say the cost of living in sydney and melbourne was much higher, but that」s certainly not the case now, 「 he said.

  他说，过去人人都说悉尼和墨尔本的生活成本比珀斯高得多，但现在情况肯定不是这样了。

• they are lured by china」s surging economy, the lower cost of living and a chance to bypass some of the dues-paying that is common to first jobs in the us.

  中国经济发展快、生活费用低，而且在中国可以省去美国职场新人通常必经的艰辛过程，这些都是吸引美国年轻人的因素。

• both unemployment and the cost of living are relatively low.

  该市的失业率和生活成本都相对较低。

• despite the rising cost of living driven by the strong australian dollar, these cities offer a range of factors to make them highly attractive.

  尽管在澳元的强烈驱动下，人们的生活成本在不断提高，但是这座城市仍然有很多吸引人的因素。

• retirement businesses have become extremely popular in the past decade, mainly because the cost of living has dramatically increased, often outpacing wages and retirement savings.

  在过去的十年中退休业务变得非常流行，主要是因为生活成本飞速增加，经常超过工资和退休储蓄。

• yet the schools are better, the neighborhoods safer, and the cost of living slightly lower than many suburbs in this region.

  这里的学校也很不错，社区非常安全、邻里和睦相处，生活成本也低于同地区的其他地方。

• the cost of living index compares cost of living among zips with 「100」 being average, 200 being twice the average, and 50 being half the average and so on.

  生活费指数指各邮政区域间生活费用的对照，100为平均数，200指平均数的两倍，50为平均数的一半，以此类推。

• these incomes are converted not at market exchange rates, but at purchasing-power parities (ppps), taking account of the higher cost of living in japan.

  这些收入不是按照市场汇率换算的，而是按照平均购买力计算的，把在日本更高的生活成本考虑了进去。

• in other words, the chart adjusts for the cost of living in different countries, so we are looking at consistent living standards worldwide.

  换句话说，这张图表当中的数字根据各国生活成本进行调整，所以我们现在看到的是全球一致的生活标準。

• cost of living was also heavily weighted in the final ranking of zips.

  生活费在邮政区域最终排名中也起了非常重要的作用。

• the dole here is 196 euros which sounds quite generous when compared to the uk but our cost of living is quite high.

  这里的失业救济金是196欧元。听起来同英国相比似乎很不错，但我们的生活成本非常高。

• we may still enjoy the fourth highest household income in europe, but the high cost of living means we're living to work.

  我们可能在家庭收入上还处在欧洲第四名的位置上，但是高额的生活费用却意味着我们要不停地工作才能生存。

• you could lead a wonderful life in argentina because the cost of living was low.

  在阿根廷你可以过很优越的生活，因为那边的生活成本很低。

• negotiate and get it all in writing: if you plan on negotiating, be sure to do your research on the cost of living and have realistic numbers to back up your statements.

  协商并以书面的形式记录下来：如果你打算和公司协商的话，要确保你做了在当地的生活费用调查以及有确凿的数据来证明你的陈述。

• many employees expect a yearly cost of living increase in their paychecks.

  很多雇员希望其工资的生活费用部分每年都有增长。

• but, luckily, the cost of living in an ant village is affordable.

  然而庆幸的是,「蚁村」的生活成本是可以承受的。

• no one expects young people in a tough global economy with a high cost of living to find a mate and get married right away.

  世界经济发展受阻，生活成本居高不下，在这样的背景下没有人指望年轻人能够迅速找到对象并结婚。

• he lives frugally and controls his cost of living within 100 yuan each month. a little rice and a vegetable dish for lunch, a bowl of noodles for supper.

  他节衣缩食，将每月的生活费控制在100元以内：每天午饭是一两米饭加一份素菜，晚餐则只吃二两面条。

• many students underestimated the cost of living and studying in the uk, although some issues seemed to revolved around money-management.

  尽管一些问题看起来是和钱财管理有关的，但是许多学生都低估了在英国学习和生活所需的花费。