From cradle to grave, the car marks every rite of American passage.在美国人的一生中，每一个重要阶段都有汽车的影子。The disease remains active throughout the patient's life.那种病困扰了病人的一生。How strange to think that a man's life could hinge on such a trivial mistake.想想真是奇怪，一个人的一生竟然会为这样一个微不足道的错误所决定。