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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
8 w. ~7 H9 G! o3 G% b) X, j- e 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
( n( g: f D8 K1 T- f5 J7 k6 m 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. / ?. f# g8 ~6 {, d* l) c, z
The new church wing will cost thousands more.
$ c3 b: O; p+ `+ | 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千; w8 `# T. i7 R* p: @+ T; ^" {
才行呢。 8 K! K4 A# W% H$ F, U
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:; ?0 z+ T2 a* b2 t6 [
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and
- Z2 l4 R' n, Z$ e meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of , D, A6 |5 n$ m: w
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and " l% g9 T. O# B- d
the hills in a balance? 谁能用手心量诸水, 用手虎口量苍天,用升斗盛大地的尘土,用秤称8 i+ H8 I8 S& x0 @) }8 p1 L+ }2 ^
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
1 o! M; u2 s/ x y 然后在14节又说:
6 _! c( U$ \, p9 t5 X Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as
4 g5 i3 V u" N2 N2 @8 t, \2 l0 c* s p the small dust of the balance... 看哪!万民都像水桶中的一滴,又算如天平上的微尘。······ |
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