It happens every day: you're walking down the street and someone holding a map and looking baffled stops you and asks for directions.

每天或许都会发生这样的情景：当你走在街上，一个看起来很迷惑的人拿着一张地图把你拦下，并向你问路。

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Given Google's tendency to pursue multiple initiatives in different directions while looking for a new growth business, investors may rightly worry about the chance of an ill-conceived big deal.

鉴于谷歌寻求新的增长性业务，倾向于采取多方位的多种举措，投资者担心可能出现有失考虑的大型交易也是有道理的。

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We were thrown off the track in looking for his house by some confusing directions.

由于方向混淆不清，我们找他的房子时，迷了路。

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The little town of Skagway soon had thousands of people looking for a place to live, food to eat and directions to where they could find gold.

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His first thought is that the tourists are looking for directions.

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So we have a new secretary of defense in Mr. Gates, and he's looking for new directions in the conduct of the war.

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And even more difficult if you go looking for solutions in the wrong directions.

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