It was the economy, again. Although Donald Trump largely ignored it, voters’ acute concerns over the rising cost of living fuelled a political upheaval for the ages that is likely to deliver the biggest swing toward Democrats since Watergate, granting them the largest House majority in nearly four decades alongside their biggest edge in the Senate since 2008.(尽管特朗普在很大程度上忽视了经济问题，但选民对生活成本上升的强烈担忧引发了一场历史性的政治剧变，可能带来自水门事件以来民主党最大的翻盘，使其获得近四十年来最大的众议院多数席位，以及自2008年以来在参议院的最大优势。)
又是经济问题。尽管唐纳德·特朗普在很大程度上忽视了它，但选民对生活成本上升的强烈担忧引发了一场历史性的政治剧变，可能带来自水门事件以来民主党最大的翻盘，使他们获得近四十年来最大的众议院多数席位，以及自2008年以来在参议院的最大优势。
Still, having come to power promising to restore affordability, the new crop of Democrats are soon to discover that there is not much they can do over the next couple of years to alleviate angry voters’ stress over pricey gas and groceries, exorbitant mortgages and unaffordable healthcare.(然而，尽管这批新民主党人上台时承诺恢复物价可负担性，他们很快会发现，未来几年几乎无力缓解愤怒选民对昂贵汽油和食品杂货、过高房贷以及难以负担的医疗保健的压力。)
然而，尽管这批新民主党人上台时承诺恢复物价可负担性，他们很快会发现，未来几年几乎无力缓解愤怒选民对昂贵汽油和食品杂货、过高房贷以及难以负担的医疗保健的压力。
Democrats would do well to recall that the affordability strains that helped deliver them to power are not dissimilar to those that delivered the presidency to Trump two years ago.(民主党人最好回想一下，帮助他们上台的物价压力，与两年前把总统职位交给特朗普的压力并无二致。) And they could again quickly become their enemy.
民主党人最好回想一下，帮助他们上台的物价压力，与两年前把总统职位交给特朗普的压力并无二致。而这些压力可能很快再次成为他们的敌人。