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2. a drop in the bucket九牛一毛
5 T% y7 j% ~6 v% { 释义:a very small quantity, especially one that is too small
+ W$ \8 z4 Q; `/ f1 q9 I1 P3 E 例句:Their contributions are just a drop in the bucket.
/ h6 A) x! t. q; B$ P The new church wing will cost thousands more.
8 e, {- E5 {0 `6 | 他们的捐献可谓是杯水车薪,教堂的新侧厅还得花好几千 S% L5 K# k" T% Z' b3 ?( a- a. X
才行呢。 6 N9 z7 o6 K3 I) \$ |
典故:《以赛亚书》(Isaiah)第40章12节中有这样一段话:2 N; q- R' h6 O( Q) h* R
...who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and 4 Z; ^: H2 N$ j
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of
, W. i, n6 a7 E. l9 i& P# E% C the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
c+ c8 N' O! c m, i 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
2 k! F; I. h8 p+ n9 R 山岭,用天平平冈陵呢?( x8 q6 S" M9 ]) P
然后在14节又说:
$ M" N! k* M I# l% _ Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as 8 [+ G- O$ k* N h! T
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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