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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
4 T( R* w# e6 @4 ~. {" t 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small4 R0 m) L: B; ]9 h
例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket. , V: } {9 u8 g- k# I
The new church wing will cost thousands more. 5 M1 Q: @! t0 d; t
他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千" X9 S6 [( B; [; h V! x
才行呢。 3 p) y* F Z% f: u M
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:7 R D9 G/ Q ?- j' H, f' i
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and ( x) s0 r5 s4 ?+ X- |9 B) Y
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of A0 K% N& q5 i' [
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
3 j1 k4 E' _. _$ l/ ~5 ^ 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) h" s, r2 T8 C4 C! g
山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?
, K4 N5 s. Z) Z, h z 然后在14节又说:
4 B3 l/ N( b0 v* ]& d2 u, ^& P Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 9 W- ]1 w% M& r
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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