It's the sort of thing he's given lip service to, no doubt,over the course of his life.

他非常震撼，虽然他终其一生，口头上说相信死亡，这毫无疑问。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Trouble the Water; a novel about growing up in the South by Melvin Dixon, a great novel that gets little attention, and his lifelong struggle to understand just how Southern he was in New York.

再如梅尔文·迪克逊的《水的困扰》,是一本关于南方的成长经历的小说,一本伟大却不出名的小说,他终其一生都在试图理解,为何他在纽约那么像个南方人

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Cephalus has spent his life in the acquisitive arts.

如我们所知，Cephalus，，we，learn，终其一生都在从事贪得无厌的艺术。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选