N-COUNT [usually plural]生活水平;生活水准Living standards or living standard is used to refer to the level of comfort in which people live, which usually depends on how much money they have. 生活水平;生活水准
Cheaper housing would vastly improve the living standards of ordinary people. [+ of]
更低廉的房价可大大改善老百姓的生活水平。
Critics say his reforms have caused the fall in living standards.