最近，英国的一个调查显示，2018年全球生活成本最高的城市是新加坡。
新加坡已经连续5年排名第一了。
法国巴黎和瑞士苏黎世并列第二，中国香港第四。
排名最后的是叙利亚首都大马士革。
因为美元汇率走低，没有一座美国城市进入前十名。
这个调查比较各大城市食品、服装、房租、交通费等基本生活和服务的价格，根据这些数据得出这个排名。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 英国 | Yīng guó | United Kingdom (UK); Britain |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 调查 | diào chá | investigation / inquiry / survey / (opinion) poll |
| 显示 | xiǎn shì | to show / to illustrate / to display / to demonstrate |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 全 | quán | all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 球 | qiú | ball / sphere / globe / ball game / match |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 成本 | chéng běn | (manufacturing, production etc) costs |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 新加坡 | Xīn jiā pō | Singapore |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 连续 | lián xù | in a row |
| 排名 | pái míng | to rank (1st, 2nd etc) |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 法国 | Fǎ guó | France |
| 巴黎 | Bā lí | Paris, capital of France |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 瑞士 | Ruì shì | Switzerland |
| 苏黎世 | Sū lí shì | Zurich, Switzerland |
| 并列 | bìng liè | to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 香港 | Xiāng gǎng | Hong Kong |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | final; last; ultimate |
| 叙利亚 | Xù lì yà | Syria |
| 首都 | shǒu dū | capital (city) |
| 大马士革 | Dà mǎ shì gé | Damascus, capital of Syria |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 汇率 | huì lǜ | exchange rate |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 低 | dī | low |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | doesn't exist / to not be |
| 座 | zuò | classifier for large immovable objects |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 进入 | jìn rù | to enter / to join / to go into |
| 前 | qián | first / top (followed by a number) |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 名 | míng | classifier for people |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 比较 | bǐ jiào | to compare / to contrast |
| 各 | gè | each / every |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 服装 | fú zhuāng | dress / clothing / costume / clothes |
| 房租 | fáng zū | rent for a room or house |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | traffic / transportation / communications / liaison |
| 费 | fèi | fee / expenses |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic / fundamental / main / elementary |
| 服务 | fú wù | service |
| 价格 | jià gé | price |
| 根据 | gēn jù | according to / based on |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 数据 | shù jù | data |
| 得出 | dé chū | to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) |