維也納擊敗墨爾本 當選年最宜居城市

The Austrian capital, Vienna, has beaten Australia's Melbourne to be named the world's most liveable city.

日前，奧地利首都維也納擊敗了澳大利亞的墨爾本，成爲世界上最宜居的城市。

It's the first time a European city has topped the rankings of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) annual survey.

這是歐洲城市首次在經濟學人智庫（EIU）年度調查的排名當中登頂。

The worldwide league table ranks 140 cities on a range of factors, including political and social stability, crime, education and access to healthcare.

該全球榜單評估了140個城市的一系列因素並進行排名，這些因素包括政治和社會穩定、犯罪、教育和醫療保健。

In the survey, Manchester saw the biggest improvement of any European city, rising by 16 places to rank 35th.

在調查中，曼徹斯特成爲進步最大的歐洲城市，上升了16位，排名第35位。

Manchester's rise puts it ahead of London in the rankings by 13 places, the widest gap between the two cities since the survey began two decades ago.

曼徹斯特的崛起使其在排名上領先於倫敦13名，這是自20年前開始調查以來兩個城市之間存在的最大差距。

Melbourne, which was ranked second in this year's global rankings, had previously come top for seven years running.

墨爾本在今年的全球排名中名列第二，此前改城市已連續七年位居榜首。

Two other Australian cities also made this year's top ten: Sydney and Adelaide.

另外兩個澳大利亞城市也擠入了今年的前十名，它們分別是悉尼和阿德萊德。

At the other end of the scale, war-torn Damascus in Syria was ranked the least liveable city, closely followed by Dhaka in Bangladesh and Lagos in Nigeria.

在排名的另一端，飽受戰爭蹂躪的的敘利亞大馬士革被評爲最不宜居住的城市，緊隨其後的是孟加拉國的達卡和尼日利亞的拉各斯。