He was cast down to hear the news.

听到这个消息他很沮丧。

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Cloning scientists were cast down to find that Dolly's illnesses were more appropriate to a much older animal.

研究克隆的科学家发现多利得的病更容易发生在老年的羊身上，这使他们很沮丧。

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But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

但这葡萄树因忿怒被拔出摔在地上。东风吹干其上的果子，坚固的枝干折断枯干，被火烧毁了。

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He cast down her carcass to stand upon it.

他把她的尸体抛在地上，踩在上面。

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He had expected his uninvited visitor to be cast down at the news of Ireland's rupture with Britain in 1921.

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Robbins recalls that his father, convinced that his son was possessed by Satan, held him down and tried to cast the Devil out.

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