a cast in point 举个例子说明下

因为cast和point的意思比较多最好是能够联系上下文,才能给出准确的翻译
如果光从字面上来看,cast 做名词用有如下意思：
n.（名词）
The act or an instance of casting or throwing.
扔,掷：掷或者抛的动作或例子
The distance thrown.
投掷的距离
A throwing of a fishing line or net into the water.
撒网：把钓线或网投入水中
The line or net thrown.
投入的钓线或网
A throw of dice.
掷骰子
The number thrown.
所掷的数目
A stroke of fortune or fate; lot.
运气；命运
A direction or expression of the eyes.
眼睛的方向或表情
A slight squint.
轻微的斜视
Something, such as molted skin, that is thrown off, out, or away.
抛弃物,脱落物：抛弃、丢弃的东西,如脱落的皮肤
The addition of a column of figures; calculation.
相加：一栏数字的相加；计算
A conjecture; a forecast.
猜测；预测
The act of pouring molten material into a mold.
铸入：把熔化的物质注入一个模具的动作
The amount of molten material poured into a mold at a single operation.
铸入量：一次操作所注入的熔化物的数量
Something formed by this means:
铸件：通过这种方式制成的东西：
The sculpture was a bronze cast.
这个雕塑是青铜铸成的
An impression formed in a mold or matrix; a mold:
模型,模子：在一个模具或印模中形成的印记；模具：
a cast of her face made in plaster.
用石膏做出她的脸部模型
A rigid dressing, usually made of gauze and plaster of Paris, used to immobilize an injured body part, as in a fracture or dislocation.Also called plaster cast
敷料,石膏模：一个僵直的敷料,通常由纱布和熟石膏制成,用来固定一个由于骨折或脱臼而受伤的身体部位也作 plaster cast
The form in which something is made or constructed; arrangement:
造型,特征：某物制作或结构的形式；安排：
the close-set cast of her features.
她的十分紧凑的五官
Outward form or look; appearance:
外貌：外在的形式或表情：外表：
a suit of stylish cast.
一套样式讲究的西服
Sort; type:
种类；类别：
fancied himself to be of a macho cast.
想象他自己是一个强壮男子
An inclination; tendency:
倾向；趋向：
her thoughtful cast of mind.
她心思缜密
The actors in a theatrical presentation.
戏剧演员
A slight trace of color; a tinge.
色调：轻微的一抹颜色；色调
A distortion of shape.
变形：形状的扭曲
The circling of hounds to pick up a scent in hunting.
猎狗在打猎时搜寻气味
A pair of hawks released by a falconer at one time.See Synonyms at flock 1
养猎鹰者一次放飞的一对鹰参见 flock1
而in point 有相关的,适用的,有针对性的意思