【第11周】2023考研英语长难句详细分析：每日长难句详解分析(2)

During the Depression and the war, Americans had learned to live with less, and that restraint, in combination with the postwar confidence in the future, made small, efficient housing positively stylish. (2011年英语二)

【重点词汇】restraint克制，限制;depression萧条

【结构分析】此句子的结构是：状+简单句1+and+简单句2。其中状：during the Depression and the war;简单句1：Americans had learned to live with less;简单句2：that restraint, in combination with the postwar confidence in the future, made small, efficient housing positively stylish。并且掌握经济萧条相关考研英语单词，如：recession、downturn、decline。此外，与经济话题相关词汇，考生也可做下积累，如经济繁荣：flourish, thrive, prosperous, boom;经济复苏：revive。

【参考译文】在大萧条和战争期间，美国人学会了节俭的生活，这种克制和战后未来的信心结合在一起，使得小而高效的住房风格成为绝对的时尚。