For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the 80s, down-shifting in the mid 90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life--growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into a simpler, less materialistic lifestyle --as a personal recognition of your limitations.
【主干识别】 Down-shifting in the mid- 90s is not so much a search for the mythical good lift.
【其他成分】For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the 80s介词短语作状语;growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one同位语;as a personal recognition of your limitations状语。
【微观解析】for 介词 the women of my generation名词 who were urged to keep juggling through the 80s定语从句修饰the women of my generation。
【难点揭秘】not somuchas 这个比较结构的理解通常理解为：与其说，不如说;例如：He was not so much angry as disappointed.(他与其说愤怒不如说失望。)
【译文赏析】对于我这一代曾在整个80年代为生活奔波的女人来说，90年代中期出现的归隐恬退与其说是我们寻求一种神话般的美好生活(用有机肥种植蔬菜，并且冒险去过一种更加简单和更少物质的生活方式)不如说是我们清醒地认识到自身能力是有限的。