答:learner1999@163.com
准确地讲,我们俩说的都不准确。准确的说法是:
While grouse hunting at the age of 17, he was accidentally shot in the left arm by a companion; as a consequence, his arm had to be amputated just below the elbow。
也就是说,他失去了肘部以下的半截胳膊。
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1946/sumner-bio.html