2021考研英語長難句復習（三十六）

　　

　　if you need to predict human height in the near future to design a piece of equipment, Gordon says that by and large, “you could use today’s data and feel fairly confident.”

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　?、貵enetic maximums can change, but don’t expect this to happen soon. Claire C.

　　②Gordon, senior anthropologist at the Army Research Center in Natick, Mass., ensures that 90 percent of the uniforms and workstations fit recruits without alteration.

　?、跾he says that, unlike those for basketball, the length of military uniforms has not changed for some time.

　?、蹵nd if you need to predict human height in the near future to design a piece of equipment, Gordon says that by and large, “you could use today’s data and feel fairly confident.”

　　參考譯文

　　①遺傳身高最 大值可能會改變，但不可能期望它很快就會出現(xiàn)。

　?、隈R薩諸塞州納蒂克軍隊研究中心的資深人類學家克萊爾·戈登保證說：90%的制服和工作間適合新兵使用，不需要改動。

　?、鬯f，不像籃球運動員的隊服，軍服尺寸一段時間以來都沒有變動。

　?、芩€說，如果你需要預測不久的將來的人的身高以便設(shè)計一種裝備，基本上“你就可以使用當前的數(shù)據(jù)，并感到相當自信。”