十大最昂贵旅游城市
英语课
If there's any truth in the old saw that London's streets are paved with gold, it's probably because they've been gilded 1 by cash stripped from the pockets of tourists.
据美国有线电视新闻(CNN)报道,古谚语中说伦敦路上铺满黄金,如果这句话有点真实性的话,那就是游客兜里的钱镀上的。
It won't surprise anyone who's seen their budget evaporate seconds after exiting their over-priced hotel, but the English metropolis 2 has been named the world's priciest city break destination.
从伦敦的价格过于昂贵的酒店一出来,你会发现自己的预算一溜烟就没了。因而如果这个英国大都市被命名为世界上最昂贵的城市旅行目的地,大家都不会感到惊讶。
Review site TripAdvisor compared prices in 48 leading tourist destinations to conclude that London has overtaken Oslo as the world capital of the inadvertent splurge.
评论网站“到到网”在对48个主要旅游目的地的物价进行比对后表示,伦敦已经超越奥斯陆成为世界上挥霍无度的中心。
According to the site's annual TripIndex Cities study, seven of the world's 10 most expensive destinations are in Europe.
该网站一年一度的《旅游指数城市研究》显示,在世界上十大最昂贵目的地中,有七个在欧洲。
Asia fields the majority of the list's most affordable 3 cities for a holiday.
列表中最经济的旅游目的城市多在亚洲。
The list says an evening out and overnight stay in a four-star hotel in London will relieve visitors of $523 -- more than three times the cost of the same break in Hanoi, which is named as best value.
列表显示,在伦敦的4星级酒店住一晚,就要花费523美元(约合人民币3128元),是同等条件下住在河内花销的3倍多。河内被认为是性价比最高的城市。
Travelers to Paris should be warned against working up too much of thirst while pounding its boulevards -- the city is identified as the priciest place for pre-dinner cocktails 4.
到巴黎旅行的游客要注意在沿着林荫大道走的时候,别让自己太渴。餐前鸡尾酒在巴黎的价格是世界最贵。
Two dry martinis there set drinkers back an average $52.
两杯干马提尼酒就能花费游客52美元。
Even then the cocktails will probably be watered down by the salty tears of whoever's footing the bill.
即使这样,鸡尾酒还可能搀着泪。
TripAdvisor's research reveals Stockholm is the costliest 5 place for an evening meal.
到到网的研究表明斯德哥尔摩的晚饭最昂贵。
For the same money in Hanoi visitors can can pay for a four-star hotel, cab fare, cocktails, dinner for two and still have enough change to call Sweden and gloat.
在河内,花这样一顿晚饭的钱,游客都可以住在4星级酒店,乘上计程车,喝着鸡尾酒,吃上两顿晚饭,甚至还能省下足够的钱打电话去瑞典,嘲笑在那旅游的朋友们。
New York tops the list for expensive hotels for the second year running, with a night in a four-star hotel costing an average of $365 -- four times the price of the same deal in Bangkok.
纽约连续第二年被评为世界上酒店最昂贵的城市,在这里住一晚4星级酒店就要花费平均365美元——是同等条件下,在曼谷花费的4倍。
While Oslo may have lost out to London in the overall list, the Norwegian city still rules when it comes to taxi fares.There, a three-kilometer (1.9 mile) journey will set customers back $57.
即使奥斯陆在总榜单上输给了伦敦,但是挪威的城市仍旧是计程车花费最昂贵的地方。在那里,计程车走3公里,就要花费57美元。
In Jakarta, the cheapest city, the same journey can be made for less than $3.
在物价最低的城市雅加达,同样的路程只花费不到3美元。
Here's TripAdvisor's top 10 of most expensive cities: London, Paris, New York, Stockholm, Oslo, Zurich, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Toronto, Sydney.
以下就是到到网评选的十个最昂贵的城市:伦敦、巴黎、纽约、斯德哥尔摩、奥斯陆、苏黎世、哥本哈根、赫尔辛基、多伦多和悉尼。
Here are the site's best value destinations: Hanoi, Jakarta, Sharm el Sheikh, Bangkok, Sofia, Cape 6 Town, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur, Prague, Budapest.
以下就是该网站评选的性价比最高的目的地:河内、雅加达、沙姆沙伊赫、曼谷、索菲亚、开普敦、孟买、吉隆坡、布拉格和布达佩斯。
a.镀金的,富有的
- The golden light gilded the sea. 金色的阳光使大海如金子般闪闪发光。
- "Friends, they are only gilded disks of lead!" "朋友们,这只不过是些镀金的铅饼! 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
n.首府;大城市
- Shanghai is a metropolis in China.上海是中国的大都市。
- He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱。
adj.支付得起的,不太昂贵的
- The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
- There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 );餐前开胃菜;混合物
- Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来,我们喝鸡尾酒,吃烤牛排。 来自辞典例句
- Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。 来自辞典例句
adj.昂贵的( costly的最高级 );代价高的;引起困难的;造成损失的
- At 81 billion dollars, Katrina is the costliest natural disaster in American history. “卡特里娜”飓风造成了近810亿美圆的损失,是美国历史上最严重的自然灾难之一。 来自互联网
- Senator John Kerry has proposed a tax on the costliest health plans sold by insurance companies. 参议员约翰?克里(JohnKerry)已经提议对保险公司销售的高价值的保险计划征税。 来自互联网
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