1. Both an ascetic monk and a high-living playboy may assign 1000 units to a steak and 100 units to a potato. 一个苦行僧和一个花花公子对牛排的偏好可能都是1000效用单位，对土豆的偏好都是100效用单位。
2. Putin has given the high-living Berlusconi "lavish gifts" and lucrative energy contracts, and Berlusconi "appears increasingly to be the mouthpiece of Putin" in Europe, according to one cable. 普京跟贝卢斯科尼签署了一项能带来丰厚收益的能源合作合同。 而贝卢斯科尼在处理欧洲事务上，更是成了普京的代言人。
3. Scientific research is widely claimed to be the source of the high standard of living in the U.S. 在美国，科学研究被广泛宣称为高生活水平的来源。
4. People in this country enjoy a high standard of living. 这个国家的人民享有很高的生活水平。
5. People in Ethiopian highlands have adapted to living at high altitudes. 埃塞俄比亚高地的人们已经适应了在高海拔地区生活。
