The car that caused the accident didn't stop and the guy that was left in the dust didn't have much chance.

肇事车辆撞人以后没有停车，被撞的人躺在泥土里，没有多少活命的机会。

And with global temperatures rising higher every year, it sounds like the heat waves and summers that are among the hottest in memory today are going to be left in the dust.

随着全球气温逐年升高，人们今天记忆中最热的热浪夏天似乎会被新的高温纪录远远落在后面。

And with global temperatures rising higher every year, it sounds like the heat waves and summers that are among the hottest in memory today are going to be left in the dust in the future.

哈珀：随着全球气温逐年升高，听起来今天记忆中最热的热浪和夏季将在未来被抛在脑后。

So the races in my life have been mostly metaphorical – but I have still felt the disappointment of a poor finish, the frustration of feeling that I was falling behind, or the loneliness of getting left in the dust now and again.

因此，我生命中的比赛大多是隐喻性的——但我仍然会因为成绩不佳而感到失望，因为自己落后而感到沮丧， 或者时不时地被抛在尘埃中的孤独。