早安英文 第65期:世界上消费水平最高的城市

 UK capital London rose from 11th to 6th, a position held by Melbourne last year. And it is rarely¹ referred to as a budget-friendly city.

英国首都伦敦的排名有所上升，从11名到现在6名，取代了去年墨尔本的位置。

refer to 涉及；指的是

budget n. 预算，预算费

The price of oil is falling and inflation² has been low across the States local prices haven't raced up.

油价的下跌和通货膨胀使得当地的价格还没有跑起来。

inflation n. 通货膨胀

But strong US dollar has pushed New York into top ten.

但是坚挺的美元依旧让纽约进入了前10.

While Singapore isn't the most expensive place to buy groceries³, it is the most expensive place in the world to buy and run a car. Transport costs in Singapore are 2.7 times higher than in New York.

而在新加坡买东西不是最贵的,它是世界上购买和运行一辆汽车最昂贵的地方。运输成本是在纽约的2.7倍。

groceries n. 生活用品

transport n. 运输

It is also very expensive to buy clothes and pay for utilities⁴ bills in Singapore.

在新加坡买衣服和付事业账单的费用也非常昂贵。

utilities bills 物业帐单；费用单

1 rarely   

adv.很少，难得；非常地，非凡地

参考例句：

• Such fish is rarely met with in the north country.这种鱼在北方难得看到。
• He rarely comes here anymore.现在他难得来这儿了。

2 inflation   

n.胀大，夸张，通货膨胀

参考例句：

• Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
• The inflation of the airbed took several minutes.给空气床垫充气花了几分钟时间。

3 groceries   

n.食品，杂货；杂货业( grocery的名词复数 )；杂货店；杂品

参考例句：

• Hi, Al. I see you're buying the groceries today. 你好，Al.我今天看见你买杂货了。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• She ordered her groceries by phone and never left the house. 她用电话定购食品，一步也没离开那座房子。 来自辞典例句

4 utilities   

n.[经济学]效用（ utility的名词复数 ）；实用；公用事业；神庙逃亡游戏中的一次性道具

参考例句：

• the administration of public utilities 公共事业的管理
• Phase II requires utilities to reduce emissions by an additional fifty percent. 第二阶段要求排放再减少50％。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法