[] the amount of money that people need to pay for ordinary goods and services, such as food, clothing and somewhere to live 生活费用(衣、食、住等方面开支)◆The city has the highest cost of living in the EU. 这城市的生活费用在欧盟中是最高的。⨁a high / low cost of living 高/低生活费用⨁an increase / a rise / fall in the cost of living 生活费用的增加/上升/下降