英文翻译+理解这是Carl Becker的Ideal Democracy中的两句Democracy is in some sense an economic luxury, and it may be said that in modern times it has been a function of the development of new and potentially rich countries, or of the indust

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英文翻译+理解
这是Carl Becker的Ideal Democracy中的两句
Democracy is in some sense an economic luxury, and it may be said that in modern times it has been a function of the development of new and potentially rich countries, or of the industrial revolution which suddenly dowered Europe with unaccustomed wealth. Now that prosperity isdisappearing round every next corner, democracy works less well than it did.
求中文翻译+理解,最好还要再用英文改述一下.
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就某种意义上而言,民主是个经济奢侈品,也可以说,在现代社会,其已经成为富裕国家或者那些与财富不协调的欧洲国家工业改革的全新潜在的开发功能.现在这种繁荣正在下一个拐角消失,民主也起不到其该起的作用.