she cast about for some excuse for refusing his proposal.

她设法寻找借口来拒绝他求婚。

when the future apologist had reached the age of twenty-three his father cast about for a christian tutor capable of giving his sons the best education the age afforded.

当未来的代言人年龄已达到03年他的父亲投下大约为一个基督教导师能力给予他的儿子接受最好的教育时代提供了依据。

it's gotten so bad—or at least seems so bad—that pundits are beginning to wonder if the system is broken in some fundamental way and to cast about for a big fix.

看起来这一切真是糟糕透顶，以至于很多学者都会惊呼，美国的政府体系已经从根本上出问题了，需要大动作的调整了。

thereupon, loads of guys who named themselves 「scientists」, cast about for the proofs by the coincidences in the labs, and then announce varies canards seriously by which they earn living.

于是一些极其自诩聪明的人类号称是科学家，靠着实验室里的巧合来寻找根据，依靠严肃地散布或大或小的谣言来骗吃骗喝。

the teacher cast about for a better example.

老师在思索一个更好的例子。

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。

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。

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-assisteddeath)这个说法。

had to cast about for an hour, looking for a good campsite.

老师在思索一个更好的例子。

the humans have cast about for years, seeking solutions, and none are to be found.

这些人已经寻找了好几年，寻找解决方法，但是什么也找不到。

she cast about for any possible course which offered the least improvement on the existing state of things…

她左思右想，想要找一个可以把现状改良一点的办法…

therefore, ore prospecting was cast about for source bed.

因此，找矿重点是寻找矿源层。