1.His five brothers and their father stood six feet and over and broad in proportion, but little Gerald, at twenty-one, knew that five feet four and a half inches was as much as the Lord in His wisdom was going to allow him.
【難句解析】in proportion “按比例,相應(yīng)地”;as much as “多達(dá),和...差不多”;
【句子翻譯】他父親和五個(gè)哥哥都身六英尺以上,其粗壯的程度也很相稱(chēng),可是21歲的小個(gè)子杰拉爾德懂得,五英尺四英寸半便是上帝所能賜給他的最大高度了。