周五官方公布的数据显示，全国70个主要城市的房价在政府调控政策的作用下温和上涨。请看本报昨日的报道：

The country’s new home prices grew moderately in December, official data showed Friday, as government measures aimed at cooling the property market took their toll.

Average new home prices in 70 major cities rose 0.1 percent month on month in December, according to media calculations of data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The pace of growth was unchanged from November.

New home prices rose 3.8 percent in December versus a year earlier, slowing slightly from a 4 percent increase in November.

China’s property market has recovered quickly from the COVID-19 pandemic. But the sharp rebound has raised concerns about financial risk.

报道中的take one’s toll就是“造成危害、损失”的意思。例如：

The economic crisis is taking a heavy toll. Thousands of firms have gone bankrupt.

经济危机造成了严重危害。成千上万的公司破产了。