The accident crippled him for life.是什么意思？

The accident crippled him for life.

这次事故使他终身残废。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

accident

n. 意外事件，事故，机遇，偶然，附属品；

例句
She was involved in a serious car accident last week...
上星期她卷入了一场严重的车祸。

crippled

adj. 跛腿的，残废的；

例句
They tried to avoid looking at his grotesque face and his crippled body.
他们尽量不去看他那张奇丑无比的脸和残疾的身体。

him

pron. (he的宾格)他；

例句
They said goodbye to him as he got aboard the train at Union Station.
当他在联合火车站登上火车之际，他们向他道别。

for

prep. 为，为了，倾向于，关于，当作；conj. 因为，由于；

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

life

n. 生活，生计，生命，性命，一生，寿命，人生，尘世；

例句
In his later life he became even more absent-minded.
他晚年变得愈加健忘了。