题目

分析一下这句英文,thanks
What kind of country would this be if this chamber had voted down Social Security or Medicare just because it violated some rigid idea about what government could or could not do? How many Americans would have suffered as a result?
1. would this be if this chamber 这句的this是要表达什么呢
2. How many Americans would have suffered as a result? 这里用这个失态是什么意思呢

提问时间：2021-03-24

答案

1.this指的是这个country照后面的东西做了以后,指代的是后面的句子.
2.这个用的是虚拟语气,就是假设立法机关这样做了会产生什么后果,但事实上它并没有这样做,所以就用虚拟语气.