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　　经常听到有人感叹现在的钱越来越不值钱了，什么都涨价，就是工资不涨。好不容易涨了一点工资，却发现远远赶不上物价飞涨的速度……今天我们来学习一下如何用英语来抱怨上涨的物价吧！

　　1. Price is soaring. If it goes on like this, we shall not be able to keep the pot boiling。

　　物价直线上升，这样子下去，我们都快要揭不开锅了。

　　2. Prices are running wild all over the country。

　　全国的物价都在暴涨。

　　3. The recent rise in prices tells heavily on low-salaried employees。

　　最近的物价上涨对低收入雇员的影响最大。

　　4. General household goods and food prices have definitely gone up. I'm spending a lot more across the board。

　　日常用品和食物价格肯定上涨了，总体来说我的支出多了很多。

　　5. Prices are biting. We will have no alternative but to cut consumption the way the prices are going up。

　　物价高得都要吃人了，我们除了减少开支没别的法子。

　　6. We have been barely surviving because the profit has been totally wiped out by the high cost of materials。

　　我们现在只是勉强在维持生计，原料成本都涨了，生意没什么利润可言。

　　7. Prices are exorbitantly high in the capital。

　　首都的物价高得不可思议。

　　8. Several companies gang up to raise prices。

　　几家公司串通一气抬高物价。

　　9. Prices have gone through the roof。

　　物价飞涨。

　　10. Prices keep rising at a dizzy rate。

　　物价以令人眩晕的速度不断上涨。

　　11. The rise in prices nullified the rise in wages。

　　上涨的物价使增加的工资化为乌有。

　　12. Electricity has gone up – you put £10 in the electricity meter and it's gone immediately。