The Brits prefer smaller portions—perhaps a lingering vestige of the frugality instilled by World War II rationing, says Simon Hartley, executive editor of Reader's Digest U.K.

英国人喜欢小一点的餐食——也许是因为二战期间配给供应养成的节俭习惯，《读者文摘》英国版执行编辑西蒙·哈特利如是说。

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When America mobilized for the war, the system helped planners set goals for military production and gauge how much rationing would be needed on the home front to support the war effort.

美国进行战争动员后，该系统帮助决策者设定军事生产目标，并估算大后方支持战争行动所必需的供应定额。

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During the 1940s, women in Europe started to reveal skin as World War II rationing pushed manufacturers to reduce the amount of fabric they used to make swimsuits.

20世纪40年代期间，欧洲女性开始显露皮肤，因为二战时的定量配给使得制造商减少了制作泳衣的面料用量。

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But as war broke out in 1939 and rationing took hold, the lunch was forced to evolve.

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But they were every bit as good as the private sector in terms of choice and quality - if not far better, particularly after the 1944 Education Act and the founding of the NHS, which offered services and opportunities transformed from the pre-war years within a post-war economy and society governed by rationing, funding constraints, and pervasive low skills and aspirations.

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Rationing during and after World War II gave rise to the make do and mend ethos that saw many people exercise their ingenuity to feed and clothe themselves.

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