剑桥词典an amount of money that an employee gets in addition to his or her normal pay , because the cost of living in a particular area is high 生活费用津贴 Nurses working in the capital receive an additional 7.5 percent cost-of-living allowance . 在首都工作的护士额外获得7.5%的生活费用津贴。 返回 cost-of-living allowance