cast about

英 美
  • vt. 寻找(寻求;转向)
  • casal adj.有格的;关于格的
  • casava n.木薯属植物;树薯粉=cassava.
  • casbah n.阿拉伯式之宫廷
  • cascabel n.炮的尾钮(响尾蛇)
  • cascade n.瀑布;[电]串联v.瀑布似地落下;(将...)连结;串联
Verb:
  1. search anxiously

1. The dogs cast about, seeking the scent.
那些狗嗅来嗅去,寻找踪迹。

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2. She cast about how she could avoid work.
她盘算着怎样才能逃避工作。

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3. The teacher cast about for a better example.
老师在思索一个更好的例子。

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4. He cast about desperately for something to say.
他努力地想找些话说。

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5. The jailbird cast about him for a way of escape.
囚犯在他周围寻找逃跑的途径。

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6. I also cast about for some means of warning him.
我也想寻找些方法来警告他。

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7. We cast about for any beliefs we can call our own.
我们寻找着任何可以称之为我们自己的信仰。

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8. Therefore, ore prospecting was cast about for source bed.
因此,找矿重点是寻找矿源层。

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9. She cast about for some excuse for refusing his proposal.
她设法寻找借口来拒绝他求婚。

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10. Recently, I cast about finding a new way to do the experiment.
近来,我盘算着找一种新的方法去做这个实验。

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11. Americans also cast about for ways to solve the range of problems posed by the Depression.
美国人也在想方设法解决大萧条造成的一系列问题。

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12. The new plant intolerant of the cold weather, so the scientists are cast about deal with it.
这种新植物不耐寒冷气象,所以科学家们正尽力研究解决。

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13. So as schools cast about to find the perfect, silver-bullet curriculum, Roots of Empathy offers a beacon of hope.
因此当学校寻找最完美的“银弹”课程时,“情感之源”就好像是一个希望的灯塔。

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14. There is one question that bothers many a man. Should he stick to the job he has, or cast about at once for a better one.
有个问题困扰着许多人,那就是一个人到底是应该坚持做他已有的这份工作,还是应该立马辞职去找一份所谓更好的工作。

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15. "Well, perhaps not all of them," I said carefully, and cast about in my mind. I thought of my aunt Maud and her reminiscences.
“当然,好像不全都是”,我小心地说一边想起Maud阿姨和她那些回忆。

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16. On the contrary, when removed from the greenhouse and exposed to the driving rain, the flower soon fades and Withers, with the petals cast about on the grounds.
相反,当被搬出温室并暴露在风雨之下时,鲜花很快就凋谢枯萎了,花瓣散落一地。

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17. Faced with the possibility of a lawsuit, bureaucrats at the state public health division have cast about for a semantic escape hatch , eventually settling on the phrase “physician-assisted death”.
由于有面临起诉的可能,所以州卫生部的官员找到了其它的安全词汇,最后他们决定起用“医师辅助死亡”(physician-assisted death)这个说法。

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18. About ninety-five per cent of those who cast their votes approve the new constitution.
95%的人投票赞成新宪法。

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19. Usually what happens is that people eye each other until they are about eight feet apart, at which point both cast down their eyes.
通常情况下,人们会互相注视直到彼此相距约8英尺,这时两人都会低头看向地面。

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20. The company has so far released no details about the cast or production schedule.
到目前为止,这家公司还没有公布有关演员阵容和拍摄时间的任何细节。

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21. We try to blag our way through the conversation despite knowing nothing about the film, the cast, the plot or even what constitutes a masterpiece of directing!
我们试图以此继续我们的谈话,虽然对演员阵容,情节,导演一无所知。

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22. There will also be a live web-cast at 16.00 BST in which Hadow will talk about his feelings about the mission and what he's looking forward to when he gets home.
在16点(英国夏令时)的时候,哈多还将在网络直播中谈到他个人对此次考察的感受以及回家后他最渴望的事情。

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23. With a popular theme and cast, producers are quite confident about the box office.
有着受欢迎的主题和演员阵容,制片人对票房相当有信心。

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24. But in the end, good movies are not only about the cast, the setting and the story–they have something extra which strikes a chord with the viewer.
但说到底,好的电影不仅仅要有强大的演员阵容,唯美的背景画面和动人的故事情节,还需要有能引起观众共鸣的特质。

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25. Unlike, for example, a class-cast exception, a null-pointer exception says nothing about what was expected instead of the null pointer.
例如,不像一个类转型异常,空指针异常不给出它所需要的内容的任何信息,只有一个空指针。

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26. For problems cast as social contracts or as questions of risk avoidance, by contrast, non-psychopaths got it right about 70% of the time.
但体现出社会契约或者风险规避的问题则相反,非精神病态者70%的时间都做对了。

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27. For problems cast as social contracts or as questions of risk avoidance, by contrast, non-psychopaths got it right about 70% of the time.
但体现出社会契约或者风险规避的问题则相反,非精神病态者70%的时间都做对了。

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    1. She cast about how she could avoid work.
      她盘算着怎样才能逃避工作。
    2. The committee was casting about for an experienced teacher to take the retiring principals place.
      这个委员会正在寻找一位有经验的教师接替退休的校长的位置。
    3. He cast about desperately for something tosay.
      他搜索枯肠找话说。
    4. The dog is cast about for its supper.
      这条狗正到处寻找它的晚饭呢。

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