[] 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