As things stood then, his whole plan had to be casttothewinds.
当时情况就是那样,他的计划只好付诸东流。
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He was the priest who beholds all his sacred wafers casttothewinds, the fakir who beholds a passer-by spit upon his idol.
他好象是个望着别人把圣饼满地乱扔的神甫,是个看见过路人在他偶像身上吐唾沫的僧人。
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The contribution of the recent model is to show that thewinds of an El Nino, which raise sea level in thecast, simultaneously send a signal to the west lowering sea level.